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First Balkan War

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The First Balkan War was fought from October 1912 to May 1913 between the Balkan League, an alliance of Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece and Montenegro, and the Ottoman Empire. Rapid and coordinated offensives by the League's armies drove Ottoman forces out of nearly all of their remaining territory in southeastern Europe within a few months. The war ended with the Treaty of London in May 1913, which confirmed the Ottoman Empire's sweeping territorial losses in the Balkans, though disagreement among the victorious allies over how to divide the conquered land, particularly Macedonia, left the peace unstable and set the stage for renewed fighting weeks later.

Facts
Start Year
1912 2
End Year
1913 2
Combatants
Balkan League (Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Montenegro); Ottoman Empire 2
Outcome
Balkan League victory 2
Classification
Death Toll Min
from 82,000 1
Conflict Type
Interstate War 2
First Balkan War
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The Ottoman Army was routed by the Balkan League in the 1912 First Balkan War

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1. Correlates of War Project: Correlates of War Inter-State War Data, version 4.0
Correlates of War ProjectBatDeath column, rows for this war
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100,First Balkan,1,640,Turkey,2,10,17,1912,4,19,1913,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,650,11,2,2,-8,30000,4 100,First Balkan,1,350,Greece,1,10,17,1912,4,19,1913,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,650,11,2,1,-8,5000,4 100,First Balkan,1,355,Bulgaria,1,10,17,1912,12,3,1912,2,3,1913,4,19,1913,650,2,2,1,-8,32000,4 100,First Balkan,1,345,Yugoslavia,1,10,17,1912,12,3,1912,2,3,1913,4,19,1913,650,11,1,1,-8,15000,4
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2. First Balkan War - Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    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.
  • Infobox, combatant1/combatant2
    Balkan League
  • Infobox: result
    Balkan League victory Treaty of London Treaty of Athens
  • Lead text
    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.
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Mosin-Nagant (Wikipedia)
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Wikipedia: Mannlicher M1888
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Chilean Civil War Federalist Revolution First Sino-Japanese War Philippine Revolution International intervention on the island of Crete Boxer Rebellion Second Boer War Xinhai Revolution First Balkan War Second Balkan War World War I Russian Civil War Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia Revolutions and interventions in Hungary Hungarian-Czechoslovak War Polish-Ukrainian War Retaking of Czech Borderland (1918-1919) Polish-Czechoslovak War Polish-Soviet War Greco-Turkish War Pacification of Libya Second Italo-Ethiopian War Spanish Civil War Sudeten German uprising 1938 World War II (limited) Greek Civil War 1948 Palestine war
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Wikipedia: Mauser Model 1889
Uses: Mauser Model 1889, Infobox: wars
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Wikipedia: Ironclad Warship
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Like the British, the French navy saw little action with its ironclads; the French blockade of Germany in the Franco-Prussian War was ineffective, as the war was settled entirely on land. Russia built a number of ironclads, generally copies of British or French designs.
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Wikipedia: Grenade
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An improved version of Vasić's design was adopted by the Serbian Army in 1912; the grenade provide very useful during the First Balkan War, specially during the Siege of Adrianopole.
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