The Balkans theatre or Balkan campaign was a theatre of World War I fought between the Central Powers (Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany and the Ottoman Empire) and the Allies (Serbia, Montenegro, France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, and later, Greece). The offensive began in 1914 with three failed Austro-Hungarian offensives into Serbia.

2018年8月31日 · A map of the Balkans on the eve of World War I, showing recent territorial changes and the extent of Ottoman rule. The Balkans a large European peninsula sandwich between four seas: the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, the Adriatic and the Aegean.

2025年1月14日 · No Balkan state wished to become embroiled in World War I, even though it was precipitated by the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne by a Bosnian Serb nationalist who worked in collusion with elements in the Serbian secret police.

In the First Balkan War of 1912-13 Bulgarian forces defeat Ottoman armies in eastern Thrace and press on almost to Constantinople; they also conquer eastern Macedonia and the rest of Thrace.

The Balkan Wars erupted in South Eastern Europe in October 1912. Fighting continued intermittently in the region until July 1914. As the First World War expanded into much of Europe, fighting continued throughout the South East until the autumn of 1918.

Fought between July 28, 1914 and November 11, 1918, World War I was a global conflict between the Central Powers and the Allies. The Balkans refer to the peninsula in Eastern Europe sandwiched between four seas: the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, the Adriatic and the Aegean.

From a Balkan perspective, it is crucial to look at the actors and decision-makers who were at work during the conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, the two states involved in the original Sarajevo crisis.

The Balkan Wars were two sharp conflicts that heralded the onset of World War I. In the First Balkan War a loose alliance of Balkan States eliminated the Ottoman Empire from most of Europe. In the Second Balkan War, the erstwhile allies fought among themselves for …

2023年9月25日 · As described in our article about the Historical Background of World War I, events in the Balkans were mainly responsible and considered as the trigger for the fightings. They fostered the nationalist passions of the small countries that had long been torn between Turkey and Austria-Hungary.

2025年1月22日 · World War I - Balkan Front, 1918: An Allies offensive with Serbian and French troops defeated the Bulgarians. The result was the Armistice of Salonika and Bulgaria's withdrawal from the war. After multiple setbacks for the Turks, including the Battle of Megiddo, the Armistice of Mudros was signed, marking the end of the Ottoman Empire's role in ...