What was the second Balkan war?

Answer 1

the second Balkan war was 1 month after the first Balkan war . It started in June of 1913 . The first Balkan war was when the Balkan countries minus Romania attacked & divided the Ottoman Empire . Bulgaria had been promised the region of Vardar Macedonia by Serbia , who refused to give it up . At this point northern Greece ( Thrace & Macedonia ) was 75% Bulgarian , 13% Turkish , 8% Greek , 3% Vlach , 1% Gypsy . the Turks there had settled on land & largely kicked out the natives & oppressed them , & most fled along with the Turkish army . There were many attacks against Turks & Turkish militia also attacked Bulgarian villages . However the Turks were by no means suffering the most . The Albanians of Epirus had faced deportation , & Kosovan Albanians were attacked by the Serbian & Montenegrin armies , largely in revenge for the many genocides the Turks allowed Albanians to do to Serbs . However the largest death count by far was the Greek advance into Macedonia . Lead by general Ioannis Metaxas ( who was later elected fascist dictator of Greece ) the Greek army killed & burned every Bulgarian settlement they came into contact with , killing around 300 000 , causing 400 000 refugees . The remaining Slavs of northern Greece were forced to sign a document saying they were Greek , & speaking any Slavic language was punished by severe beating & deportation once Metaxas came to power . These factors lead Bulgaria to invade Greece & its ally Serbia , assisted by IMRO rebels . However a Romanian attack on Bulgaria lead to an easy invasion of the unguarded frontier , & a further Turkish invasion left Bulgaria's army crippled , & left many Slavic civilians in Greece & Turkey dead . the Ohrid-Debar uprising was crushed later , & all hope of saving the Slavs of Greek taken land diminished .