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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Division of Intercourse and Education; Report of the International Commission to Inquire into the Causes and Conduct of the Balkan Wars. 1914 Author Th. Weinreb / Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Map showing the borders of the Balkan states before and after both Balkan Wars.. The League of the Balkans was a quadruple alliance formed by a series of bilateral treaties concluded in 1912 between the Eastern Orthodox kingdoms of Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, and directed against the Ottoman Empire, [1] which still controlled much of Southeastern Europe.
The Balkan Wars were two wars that took place in the Balkans in 1912 and 1913. Four Balkan states defeated the Ottoman Empire in the first war; one of the four, Bulgaria, was defeated in the second war. The Ottoman Empire lost nearly all of its holdings in Europe.
The Balkans (/ ˈ b ɔː l k ən z / BAWL-kənz, / ˈ b ɒ l k ən z / BOL-kənz [1]), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula (Peninsula of Haemus, Haemaic Peninsula), is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions.
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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 ...
Original – Geographic map of Balkan Peninsula Reason High EV and very detailed Articles in which this image appears Balkans, Southeast Europe, Christianization FP category for this image Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps Creator Ikonact. Support as nominator – ArionStar 23:36, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
1912: May: Albanians rose against Ottoman authority and seized Skopje. October: First Balkan War: The war began, encouraging Albanian leaders to affirm the independence of their state. November: Muslim and Christian delegates declared Albania independent at Vlorë and established a provisional government. December