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Definition: Balkan Wars from Philip's Encyclopedia

(1912-13) Two wars involving the Balkan states and the Ottoman Empire. In the first, the Balkan League (Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Montenegro) conquered most of the European territory of the Ottoman Empire. The second war (mainly between Serbia and Bulgaria) arose out of dissatisfaction with the distribution of these lands. Serbia's victory added to the regional tension before World War 1.

Balkan Wars

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
1912–13, two short wars, fought for the possession of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire. The outbreak of the Italo-Turkish War for the possession of Tripoli (1911) encouraged the Balkan states to increase their territory at Turkish expense. Serbia and Bulgaria accordingly concluded (1912), with the aid of Russian secret diplomacy, a treaty of alliance. In a secret annex, the treaty provided for joint military action and the division of prospective conquests. The outbreak of the war (Oct., 1912), in which Greece and Montenegro joined the original allies, was followed by the speedy expulsion of the Turks from all of European Turkey, except the Constantinople area. After the conclusion of hostilities Serbia showed intentions of annexing a large part of Albania, in order to gain an outlet on the Adriatic, but this step toward a “Greater Serbia” was opposed by Austria-Hungary and Italy and by the Albanians, who had proclaimed their independence. Conferences of the ambassadors…
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1912–1913 During 1912–13 the Balkan Peninsula witnessed two wars: the First Balkan War, which saw an alliance of Balkan states all but destroy the Ottoman presence in the region, and the Second Balkan War, fought between the former allies over the division of the spoils. The Balkan Wars were the…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
1912–13, two short wars, fought for the possession of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire. The outbreak of the Italo-Turkish War for the possession of Tripoli (1911) encouraged the Balkan states to increase their territory at Turkish expense. Serbia and Bulgaria accordingly concluded…
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From Encyclopedia of Seas: The Adriatic Sea Encyclopedia
Balkan Wars – two wars of 1912–1913 and 1913, which occurred shortly before the First World War, as a result of which the countries of the Balkan Peninsula pushed the Turks out from European territory. The First Balkan War – the war of the Balkan Union (Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Montenegro) against…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(1912–13) Two military conflicts that deprived the Ottoman Empire of almost all its remaining territory in Europe. In the First Balkan War, the Balkan League defeated the Ottoman Empire, which, under the terms of the peace treaty (1913), lost Macedonia and Albania. The Second Balkan War broke out…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Two wars 1912–13 and 1913 (preceding World War I) which resulted in the expulsion by the Balkan states of Ottoman Turkey from Europe, except for a small area around Istanbul. The First Balkan War , 1912, of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, and Montenegro against Turkey, forced the Turks to ask for an…
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From Chambers Dictionary of World History
A series of military campaigns fought in the Balkans. In 1912 Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro attacked Turkey, securing swift victories. A preliminary peace was drawn up by the Great Powers in May 1913, in which Turkey surrendered most of her European territories and the new state of Albania…
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Balkan Wars - Balkan army uniforms, engraving from Petit Journal, 1912
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Balkan Wars (1912-1913), Commanders in chief Nazim Pasha and General Savoff meeting at Turkish headquarters, December 8, 1912, illustration
Credit: Balkan Wars (1912-1913), Commanders in chief Nazim Pasha and General Savoff meeting at Turkish headquarters, December 8, 1912, illustration / De Agostini Picture Library / M. Seemuller / The Bridgeman Art Library Description: Balkan Wars (1912-1913) - Commanders in chief Nazim Pasha and…
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Bands of Turkish irregulars massacre civilian population of village in surroundings of Veles in Macedonia, during Balkan Wars of 1912-1913, illustration
Credit: Bands of Turkish irregulars massacre civilian population of village in surroundings of Veles in Macedonia, during Balkan Wars of 1912-1913, illustration / De Agostini Picture Library / M. Seemuller / The Bridgeman Art Library Description: Macedonia, 20th century, Balkan Wars (1912-1913) - …
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