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32 unusual facts about First Balkan War


Alexander Fok

Fok retired from service, but later participated in the Balkan War of 1912-1913 as a volunteer in the Bulgarian Army.

Ana Malit

Most migrated during the First and Second Balkan Wars in 1904 and 1908–1912, as well as during the First and Second World Wars.

Anastasios Dalipis

On the outbreak of the First Balkan War in 1912, at the age of 16, presenting false documents due to his young age, he volunteered in the Greek army and participated as a soldier in the Battle of Bizani.

Anto Gvozdenović

Although already at a relatively advanced age, the news of the First Balkan War again saw the General return to Montenegro to fight for its freedom as a volunteer.

Boris Drangov

During the First Balkan War of 1912–1913, Drangov headed a brigade on the Thracian front, defeating the Ottomans at Çatalca and during the Siege of Adrianople.

DFW Mars

Turkish Mars aircraft were flown in the First and Second Balkan Wars in 1912-1913 and the type is therefore believed to be the first German-built aircraft to have seen active military service.

Dimitrios Ioannou

By the time the First Balkan War broke out October 1912 he was a Lt. Colonel, and served as chief of staff of the Army of Epirus, under Lt. General Konstantinos Sapountzakis.

Elšani

1912: end of Ottoman rule; during the First Balkan War Elšani is occupied by Serbs who impose recruitment on local men and 13 of them killed on battlefield

Farman HF.20

It entered service with the French Belgian and Serbian armies in 1913 (two aircraft conducted reconnaissance during the Siege of Shkodër in the First Balkan War and one crashed), and with the British RFC and RNAS shortly after the outbreak of war.

Farman MF.7

A Greek plane was converted to a hydroplane, flown by Michael Moutoussis and with Aristeidis Moraitinis as observer, it carried out the world's first air-naval co-operation mission during the First Balkan War.

Georgios Polymenakos

In the First Balkan War he was CO of the 15th Infantry Regiment, which he led in Epirus, up to the Battle of Bizani.

Georgios Stanotas

As such he participated in the First and Second Balkan Wars in 1912-1913, where he went up the ranks quickly due to his bravery.

German Imperial War Council of 8 December 1912

As a result of the Russian Great Military Program announced in November, Austria-Hungary's concerns about Serbian successes in the First Balkan War, and certain British communications, the possibility of war was a prime topic of the meeting.

History of the Bosniaks

One geographer estimates that there are 350,000 Bosniaks in Turkey today, although that figure includes the descendants of Muslim South Slavs who emigrated from the Sandžak region during the First Balkan War and later.

History of the Serbs

The southern Serbs were liberated in the First Balkan War of 1912, while the question of Austrian Serbs' independence was the spark that lit the First World War two years later.

HMS King Edward VII

The 3rd Battle Squadron was detached to the Mediterranean in November 1912 because of the First Balkan War (October 1912 – May 1913); it arrived at Malta on 27 November 1912 and subsequently participated in a blockade by an international force of Montenegro and in an occupation of Scutari.

Ioannis Kalogeras

Upon the outbreak of the First Balkan War in 1912, he was recalled from his studies in Paris, and placed in the staff of the 4th Infantry Division under Major General Konstantinos Moschopoulos.

Ioannis Velissariou

He is considered to have had a decisive role in the Battle of Bizani during the First Balkan War (1912–1913), forcing the Ottoman Army to surrender unconditionally.

Kardzhali Province

The territory of Kardzhali province was acquired by Bulgaria during the First Balkan War in 1912.

Konstantin Zhostov

When the general mobilization prior the First Balkan War was declared in September 1912 Konstantin Zhostov was appointed Chief of Staff of the 3rd Army and as such was at the heart of the Bulgarian victories at Lozengrad and Lüleburgaz.

Kornitsa, Blagoevgrad Province

After the First Balkan War the village together with the whole region of Nevrokop joined Bulgaria and was subject of ethnic and religious changes due to the migration after the war.

Loznica

The First Balkan War and First World War halted economic development and significantly reduced the number of people in Loznica and vicinity.

Nieuport IV

In Greece a IV.G was bought privately and named Alkyon and after being the first aircraft to fly in Greece, was resold to the government which used it during the First Balkan War in 1912, flying from Larissa.

Nikola Ivanov

During the First Balkan War Nikola Ivanov commanded 2nd Army between September 1912 and July 1913.

Nikolaos Delagrammatikas

On the outbreak of the First Balkan War, he commanded the 7th Infantry Regiment within the Army of Thessaly.

Panagiotis Demestichas

He participated in the Balkan Wars of 1912–13, rising to company commander by the end of the First Balkan War, a position he held throughout the Second Balkan War as well.

Panteley Kiselov

On the eve of the First Balkan War he was reassigned to Varna and received the command of the 8th Primorski regiment.

Stefan Toshev

During the First Balkan War (1912–1913) Stefan Toshev and his division took part in the offensive of the Bulgarian Army in the Thracian theatre of operation.

Stiliyan Kovachev

During the First Balkan War he commanded the Rodopi Detachment and later 4th Army.

In the beginning of the First Balkan War he was in command of the 2nd infantry division and the Rodopi Detachment which advanced in the secondary direction from Plovdiv to Western Thrace.

Vasil Kutinchev

With the outbreak of the First Balkan War General Kutinchev was made commander of the First Army which took part in the important battles of Kirk Kilisse, Lule Burgas and Chataldzja.

Vievo

During the First Balkan War, the village was set on fire by the local Bulgarian militia to ethnically cleanse the Muslim Turks from the region.


Congress of Berlin

The Congress of Berlin returned territories to the Ottoman Empire that the previous treaty had given to the Principality of Bulgaria, most notably Macedonia, thus setting up a strong revanchist demand in Bulgaria that in 1912 led to the First Balkan War.

Marie Joys

During the First Balkan War, during the winter of 1912–1913, Joys volunteered at an Ottoman military hospital in Constantinople.

Radko Dimitriev

During the First Balkan War (1912–1913) he was in command of the 3rd Army which decisively defeated the Turks at Lozengrad and Lule Burgas in Thrace.