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The Balkan Wars were two conflicts that took place in the Balkan states in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War , the four Balkan states of Greece , Serbia , Montenegro and Bulgaria declared war upon the Ottoman Empire and defeated it, in the process stripping the Ottomans of their European provinces, leaving only Eastern Thrace under Ottoman ...
Yugoslav Wars; Part of the breakup of Yugoslavia and the post–Cold War era: Clockwise from top-left: Officers of the Slovenian National Police Force escort captured soldiers of the Yugoslav People's Army back to their unit during the Slovenian War of Independence; a destroyed M-84 tank during the Battle of Vukovar; anti-tank missile installations of the Serbia-controlled Yugoslav People's ...
Conflict in Southern Serbia ends in defeat for Albanians. February 2002. Milošević is put on trial in The Hague on charges of war crimes in Kosovo, to which charges of violating the laws or customs of war and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions in Croatia and Bosnia and massacres in Bosnia were later added. Milošević did not recognize ...
The distinct identity and fragmentation of the Balkans owes much to its often turbulent history, with the region experiencing centuries of Ottoman conflict and conquest. The Balkan Peninsula is predominantly mountainous, featuring several mountain ranges such as the Dinaric Alps , the Pindus Mountains and the Balkan Mountains .
This category contains wars of the Balkan states, including the former Yugoslavia and the countries created from its break-up. Subcategories This category has the following 29 subcategories, out of 29 total.
The period of close relations developed right after the end of World War II when Yugoslavia pushed for socioeconomic integration of Albania into Yugoslavia within the Balkan Federation (bargaining with the idea of unification of Albania with kinship region of Kosovo); however, the two countries turned to sharp antagonism after the 1948 Tito ...
The following is a list of wars involving Serbia in the Middle Ages as well as late modern period and contemporary history. The list gives the name, the date, combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend: Serbian victory Serbian defeat Result of civil or internal conflict
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Attack against Mehmed Ali Pasha (1878) League of Prizren Ottoman Empire: Victory: Serbian campaign the First Balkan War (1912–1913) Kosovo Albanians: Kingdom of Serbia: Defeat. Serbia defeats Ottoman forces and captures large areas of Kosovo. Serbian army commits massacres against Albanians living there.