Balkan War
Americannoun
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Also called First Balkan War. a war (1912–13) in which Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece opposed Turkey.
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Also called Second Balkan War. a war (1913) in which Greece, Romania, and Serbia opposed Bulgaria for the redivision of territory taken from Turkey in the First Balkan War.
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They did it in the 1990s during the Balkan War as well.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2023
The league then touched off the First Balkan War in October 1912 by attacking Macedonia, which was still held by the Ottomans.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Eight days before the “metamusical evening,” the first shots of the First Balkan War were fired, a destabilized Europe prepping for the First World War.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2020
In 1913, the Second Balkan War broke out as Bulgaria attacked Serbia and Greece, its former allies from the First Balkan War.
From US News ● Jun. 29, 2015
Later in the same year a finely-engraved set of three denominations, 10, 20, and 40 paras, was issued to commemorate the recapture on July 22, 1913, of the fortress of Adrianople after the Balkan War.
From The Postage Stamp in War by Melville, Fred. J.
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