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The Serbian campaign was a series of military expeditions launched in 1914 and 1915 by the Central Powers against the Kingdom of Serbia during the First World War.. The first campaign began after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on 28 July 1914.
The Serbian campaign of 1914 was a significant military operation during World War I.It marked the first major confrontation between the Central Powers, primarily Austro-Hungary, and the Allied Powers, led by the Kingdom of Serbia.
On 9 October, Belgrade, Serbia's capital, was evacuated, on the same day, Austrian forces entered the neighbouring and allied country of Montenegro. [38] On 14 October, with the bulk of the Serbian forces opposing combined invaders up north, two Bulgarian armies invaded southern Serbia from the east, advancing towards Niš and Skoplje. [39]
Despite their efforts, the Serbian army was only about 30,000 men stronger than at the start of the war (around 225,000) and was still poorly equipped. The first Serbian Campaign had taken the lives of 100,000 soldiers and had been followed by an epidemy of typhus caused by the sick and wounded that the Austro-Hungarians had left behind. The ...
The Great Retreat, also known in Serbian historiography as the Albanian Golgotha [4] (Serbian: Албанска голгота, Albanska golgota), refers to the retreat of the Royal Serbian Army through the mountains of the Principality of Albania during the winter of 1915–16 in World War I. The retreat is a defining event in Serbian history ...
This category contains historical battles fought as part of the World War I involving Serbia. Please see the category guidelines for more information. Pages in category "Battles of World War I involving Serbia"
Balkan, Serbian: Serbia is invaded by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Bulgaria. October 12 Politics: Edith Cavell executed. October 14 Politics: Bulgaria declares war on Serbia [24] October 14 – November 9 Balkan, Serbian: Morava Offensive, a phase of the Central Powers Invasion of Serbia, Bulgarians break through Serbian lines.
Field uniforms of the Royal Serbian Army, 1914. Parade uniforms of the Royal Serbian Army, 1914. Military ranks of the Royal Serbian Army. The Army of the Kingdom of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Војска Краљевине Србије, romanized: Vojska Kraljevine Srbije), known in English as the Royal Serbian Army, was the army of the Kingdom of Serbia that existed between 1882 and 1918 ...