Balkan Wars 1912-1913

Balkan Wars

1912-1913

​Teacher: Mr. Hasani

Introduction;

The origin of the Balkan Wars;

The first Balkan War;

The second Balkan War;

Results.

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​Table of Content

• Ottoman Empire and war with Italy;

• Macedonian Issue;

• Russian interests in the Balkan;

• Balkan alliance 1912.

First Balkan War

October-December 1912

​​Balkan Allies

​​Ottoman Empire

• The Balkan League: Serbia, Montenegro, Greece, Bulgaria;

• Declared war 8 October 1912.

• Ottoman Empire, Albanians;

• Lose too many territories.

Occupied Territories

​Serbia	​Kosovo and other Albanian cities made up to Durres
​Montenegro	​The city of Shkoder
​Greece	​City of Thessaloniki and territories in southern Albania
​Bulgaria	​The city of Adrianople

London Conference

• The Ottoman Empire loses the war;

• The conference happened on May 30, 1913;

• Ottoman Empire loses the territories of Macedonia and Albania.

​Balkan Map after the first Balkan war

​Balkan map before and after the First Balkan War 1912-1913

Second Balkan War 1913

"Bulgaria against everyone"

• ​Territories in Macedonia reason why this war started;

• Bulgaria against Serbia, Greece, and Romania

• Declared the war on 29-30 June 1913;

• ​Attacked the Serbian ang Greek troops in Macedonia;

• They lose the war.

​​Bulgaria

• They beat the Bulgarian army and left them small territories in Macedonia.

​​Serbia, Greece and Romania

​Watch the video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3n0cQXNEEw