The Balkan Wars Flashcards
History
Forgotten
Neglected
Preparing
Eval ginio it was the first total war of the empire
All males could be mobilised not a lot o Muslims went
Sultan never declared jihad
European powers less likely to support war
First war October 1912-may1913
- Albanian uprisings same time as war in Libya
Serbia promised Bulgaria Macedonia
October 1912 invasion Serbia Bulgaria Greece Montenegro
Over a mounth nearly at Constantinople
Coup in 1913
First war results
May 1913
Albania indenoendent
Ottoman lost European territory
Adrionople took in March
Sick man
Second war
June 1913 August 1913
As Albania was independent Serbia did not give Macedonia to Bulgaria
Bulgaria invades Serbia June 1913
Romania took vara
Ottoman retook adrionople
Treaty of Bucharest 1913 split Macedonia
Treaty of Constantinople gave ottomans edirne
Religious
Mehmed didn’t call holly war
Europe wouldn’t support
Eval ginio total war and also the lack of god
Bulgaria committed atrocities in Albania