Yes. Presumably referring to the era immediately before WWI, the Balkans was a very turbulent era with a lot of different groups/ethnicities and countries all attempting to achieve their goals - often by violence. Although this was bad enough, all of the major powers had conflicting alliance systems linking them to various Balkan states. This meant that, in the case of war, or intervention by one of those states, all Europe would be drawn into war.
powder keg of Europe
The Powder keg of Europe
The powder keg
The Balkans.
The Powder Keg of Europe is also called Balkan Powder Keg. The Balkans are Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia.
The powder keg of Europe refers to the Balkans, and various European powers that laid claim to the territory. Those countries primarily included Russia, Germany, and Austria-Hungary.
The Balkans were called the "Powder Keg of Europe" because they were responsible for World War I starting.
powder keg of europe
The Balkans, where what was Yugoslavia is, that is Croatia & Serbia & Macedonia etc.
WWI was fought all over Europe. It spanned from western Europe, including France, Germany, and Italy, to the Balkans (the powder keg of Europe) and into Eastern Europe.
the balkansThe "Powder keg of Europe", sometimes alternately known as the "BalkanPowder Keg", refers to the Balkans in the early part of the 20th century preceding World War I.
Several nationalist uprising had broken out in the Balkans.