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The Balkans theatre or Balkan campaign was a theatre of World War I fought between the Central Powers (Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany and the Ottoman Empire) and the Allies (Serbia, Montenegro, France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, and later, Greece). The offensive began in 1914 with three failed Austro-Hungarian offensives into Serbia.
Balkans and Peloponnese Peninsula Yugoslav Wars: 0.13–0.14 million [233] [234] 1991–2001 Separatist forces and NATO vs. Yugoslavia, later Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Balkans Irish Nine Years' War: 0.13 million [235] 1593–1603 Kingdom of England vs. Irish rebels Ireland Chaco War: 0.08–0.13 million [236] [237] [238] 1932–1935 ...
Pages in category "Battles of the Balkans Theatre (World War I)" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The European theatre is divided into four main theatres of operations: the Western Front, the Eastern Front, the Italian Front, and the Balkans Front. Not all of Europe was involved in the war, nor did fighting take place throughout all of the major combatants’ territory. The United Kingdom was nearly untouched by the war.
3.5 Operations in North africa (1914–1918 (as part of WW1)) (Allied victory) ... (part of Eastern front and Balkans theatre) 1916. Romanian campaign (1916)
World War I began in the Balkans on July 28, 1914, and hostilities ended on November 11, 1918, leaving 17 million dead and 25 million wounded. Moreover, the Russian Civil War can in many ways be considered a continuation of World War I, as can various other conflicts in the direct aftermath of 1918.
Dates Theater/Front/Campaign Events January 5–17 Balkan: Austro-Hungarian offensive against Montenegro, which capitulates. January 6–7 Balkan: Battle of Mojkovac: January 6–8 Middle Eastern: Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad, a phase of the First Siege of Kut. January 9 Gallipoli: The Gallipoli Campaign ends in an Allied defeat and an Ottoman ...
The First Balkan War (1912–1913), which pitted the Balkan League (Greece, Bulgaria, Montenegro, and Serbia) against the Ottoman Empire, resulted in the defeat of the latter and its withdrawal from most of the Balkans.