Alexander's Balkan campaign happened in -335.
nationalism in Balkan helped contribute to the outbreak of world war 1(WW1).
nationalism in Balkan helped contribute to the outbreak of world war 1(WW1).
nationalism in Balkan helped contribute to the outbreak of world war 1(WW1).
The Serbians were very nationalistic.
nationalism in Balkan helped contribute to the outbreak of world war 1(WW1).
The Balkan Crisis of 1908 was the Annexation of Bosnia by Austria-Hungary despite the vocal complaints from the Serbs who wanted the territory with its 3 million Serbs. Prelude to World War 1 and assassination of Archduke to start WW1. Also responsible for having Serbia join the Balkan League to fight Turkey in the 1st Balkan War.
many of them gained independence from the ottoman empire (which fell apart at the end of WW1).
Pre WW1 (events leading up to WW1), WW1 and post WW1, it is estimated that 4-5+ million Muslim civilians were massacred as a result of Balkan nations rebelling against the Ottoman Empire. Deaths caused by the Ottmans their selves and blockades by the Allied Powers.... Please read Jeremy Salt- The Unmaking of the Middle East (for source)
Many Battles. Majors were: Bulgarian-Greek (Byzantine war), Bugaro-Turkish wars, 1st and 2nd Balkan wars, WW1 and WW2
In WW1 Bulgaria was an ally of Germany, Austia-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. The country was particularly keen to take Macedonia from Serbia. In a sense, Bulgaria was trying to fight a local, Balkan war under the cloak of a much wider war. Joncey
what were the balkan crisis