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Ferdinand in Bulgarian Field Marshal's uniform 1941. Ferdinand I (Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria; 26 February 1861 – 10 September 1948) was Prince of Bulgaria from 1887 to 1908 and Tsar of Bulgaria from 1908 until his abdication in 1918. Under his rule, Bulgaria entered the First World War on the side of the Central Powers in 1915. [1]
The Rocky Road to the Great War: the Evolution of Trench Warfare to 1914. Dulles, Virginia, Potomac Books ISBN 978-1-59797-553-7; Pettifer, James. War in the Balkans: Conflict and Diplomacy Before World War I (IB Tauris, 2015). Akmeşe, Handan Nezir (2015). The Birth of Modern Turkey: The Ottoman Military and the March to World I. I.B. Tauris.
Seeing this as a violation of the pre-war agreements, and discreetly encouraged by Germany and Austria-Hungary, Tsar Ferdinand declared war on Serbia and Greece and the Bulgarian army attacked on June 29. The Serbian and the Greek forces were initially on the retreat on the western border, but they soon took the upper hand and forced Bulgaria ...
The Radomir Rebellion was put down, by Bulgarian forces, as of 2 October, while Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria abdicated and went into exile the following day. [47] [52] [53] New balance was best described by German Emperor Wilhelm II in his telegram to Bulgarian Tsar Ferdinand I: "Disgraceful! 62,000 Serbs decided the war!".
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand [a] was one of the key events that led to World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria , heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg , were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip .
The Siege of Adrianople (Bulgarian: oбсада на Одрин, Serbian: oпсада Једрена/opsada Jedrena, Turkish: Edirne kuşatması), was fought during the First Balkan War. The siege began on 3 November 1912 and ended on 26 March 1913 with the capture of Edirne (Adrianople) by the Bulgarian 2nd Army and the Serbian 2nd Army.
First Bulgarian-Serbian War (839-842) Bulgarian Empire: Serbian Principality: Defeat: Second Bulgarian-Serbian War 853 Bulgarian Empire: Serbian Principality: Defeat: First Bulgarian-Croatian War (854) Bulgarian Empire: Croatian Kingdom: Draw. Bulgarian retreat, peace treaty concluded; Third Bulgarian-Byzantine War (894-896) Bulgarian Empire ...
Remains of Bulgarian trenches in Star Dojran, North Macedonia. The Macedonian Front in 1916-1917. In 1917 the Bulgarian defensive positions and fortifications were further improved. It included two prime positions with two rows of continuous trenches 1.5 – 2 metres deep, 200 to 1000 m apart and linked with passages for communication.