Balkan Wars
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The Balkan Wars consisted of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan Peninsula in 1912 and 1913. Four Balkan states defeated the Ottoman Empire in the first war. The main victor of the four, Bulgaria, fought and pushed back all four original combatants of the first war along with halting a surprise attack from Romania from the north in the second war. The Ottoman Empire lost the bulk of its territory in Europe. Austria-Hungary, although not a combatant, became relatively weaker as a much enlarged Serbia pushed for union of the South Slavic peoples. The war set the stage for the Balkan crisis of 1914 and thus served as a "prelude to the First World War".
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See also
- International relations (1814–1919)
- Ottoman wars in Europe
- Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885)
- Albanian Revolt of 1910
- Albanian Revolt of 1911
- Albanian Revolt of 1912
- Destruction of the Thracian Bulgarians in 1913
- Balkans Campaign (World War I)
- Balkans Campaign (World War II)
- List of places burned during the Balkan Wars
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