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The First Balkan War lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and involved actions of the Balkan League (the Kingdoms of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro) against the Ottoman Empire. The Balkan states' combined armies overcame the initially numerically inferior (significantly superior by the end of the conflict) and strategically ...
A Punch cartoon of October 2, 1912, by English cartoonist Leonard Raven-Hill depicting Britain, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia sitting on a lid on top of a pot marked "Balkan Troubles", satirizing the situation in the Balkans leading up to the First Balkan War Nazım Pasha, the chief of staff of the Ottoman army, was assassinated ...
Siege of Scutari; Part of the First Balkan War: Clockwise from top left: Flags of Great Powers on Shkodër fortress; Ottoman troops defending Shkodra; Montenegrin flag flying over the Shkoder fortress; Captured flag standard of Montenegrin forces proudly displayed by Turkish and Albanian troops; Albanian guerillas shooting from a tree; Albanian officers posing with captured Montenegrin ammunition
During the First Balkan War (1912-1913), the Epirus front was of secondary importance for Greece after the Macedonian front. [1] The landing in Himara, in the rear of the Ottoman Army was planned as an independent operation from the rest of the Epirus front. Its aim was to secure the advance of the Greek forces to the northern regions of Epirus.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched 122 missiles and dozens of drones against Ukrainian targets, officials said Friday, killing at least 30 civilians across the country in what an air force ...
Adrianople (presently Edirne) was bombed by Bulgaria in 1912 in the First Balkan War. [10] Historically, it was the first bombardment of a city from a heavier-than-air aircraft. [11] In the morning of 29 October 1912 at 9:30 a.m. the plane Albatros F-3 took off from an airfield near the village of Mustafa Pasha – present day Svilengrad ...
Ukraine desperately needs new soldiers, but some men are dodging the draft to avoid being called up to the frontlines against Russia's new Kharkiv offensive.
Serbian civilians massacred. Serbian Involvement in the Greek Revolution ... First Balkan War (1912–1913) Part of the Balkan Wars: Balkan League: