Balkan Wars

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historical event military conflict war

The Balkan Wars were two early 20th-century conflicts in Southeastern Europe in which Balkan states fought the Ottoman Empire and then each other, reshaping regional borders and heightening tensions that helped set the stage for World War I.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Second Balkan War	14
First Balkan War	12
Balkan conflicts of 1912–1913	1
First Balkan War (as ally and observer in region)	1
Greek victories in the Balkan Wars	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ military conflict ⓘ war ⓘ war ⓘ war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Balkan Wars ⓘ surface form: Balkan conflicts of 1912–1913
belligerent	Balkan League ⓘ Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ Kingdom of Greece ⓘ Kingdom of Romania ⓘ Kingdom of Serbia ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
cause	decline of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ territorial ambitions of Balkan states ⓘ
conflictType	interstate war ⓘ regional war ⓘ
effect	contributed to causes of World War I ⓘ destabilization of Southeastern Europe ⓘ
endTime	1913 ⓘ August 1913 ⓘ May 1913 ⓘ
followedBy	World War I ⓘ
hasPart	Balkan Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Balkan War Balkan Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Second Balkan War
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
location	Balkans ⓘ Balkans ⓘ surface form: Southeastern Europe
mainBelligerent	Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ Kingdom of Greece ⓘ Montenegro ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Montenegro Kingdom of Serbia ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
participant	Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Austria-Hungary Balkan League ⓘ Russia ⓘ
precededBy	Italo-Turkish War ⓘ
result	defeat of Bulgaria ⓘ defeat of the Ottoman Empire in most of its European territories ⓘ heightened tensions among Great Powers ⓘ increased tensions among Balkan states ⓘ redrawing of borders in the Balkans ⓘ territorial losses of the Ottoman Empire in Europe ⓘ
significantEvent	Treaty of Bucharest (1913) ⓘ Treaty of Constantinople (1913) ⓘ Treaty of London (1913) ⓘ
startTime	1912 ⓘ June 1913 ⓘ October 1912 ⓘ
timePeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
topic	collapse of empires ⓘ nationalism in the Balkans ⓘ

Referenced by (54)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Balkan Wars → alsoKnownAs → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkan conflicts of 1912–1913

Salonika → capturedDuring → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Balkan War

Balkan League → category → Balkan Wars ⓘ

Balkan League → causeOfDissolution → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Balkan War

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens) → commemoratesConflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ

Bulgarian Air Force → conflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Balkan War

Bulgarian Air Force → conflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Balkan War

Greek Army → conflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ

Ion Antonescu → conflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Balkan War

King Alexander I → conflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ

subject surface form: King Alexander I of Yugoslavia

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk → conflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ

Ottoman Army → conflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ

Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark → conflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ

Romanian Land Forces → conflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Balkan War

Treaty of London (1913) → conflictContext → Balkan Wars ⓘ

Armed Forces of Greece → conflictInvolvement → Balkan Wars ⓘ

Balkan League → conflictParticipatedIn → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Balkan War

Balkan League → conflictParticipatedIn → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Balkan War

Treaty of Bucharest (1913) → endedConflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Balkan War

Treaty of Constantinople (1913) → endedConflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Balkan War

Treaty of London (1913) → endedConflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Balkan War

Imperial Russian Army → engagedIn → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Balkan War (as ally and observer in region)

Ferdinand I of Bulgaria → event → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Balkan War

Ferdinand I of Bulgaria → event → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Balkan War

Italo-Turkish War → followedBy → Balkan Wars ⓘ

Balkan Wars → hasPart → Balkan Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Balkan War

Balkan Wars → hasPart → Balkan Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Balkan War

Macedonia (Greece) → historicalEvent → Balkan Wars ⓘ

Treaty of Bucharest (1913) → historicalPeriod → Balkan Wars ⓘ

Treaty of Constantinople (1913) → historicalPeriod → Balkan Wars ⓘ

Bulgarian royal family → linkedToEvent → Balkan Wars ⓘ

Kingdom of Bulgaria → majorWar → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Balkan War

Kingdom of Bulgaria → majorWar → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Balkan War

Ottoman Empire → majorWar → Balkan Wars ⓘ

Ottoman Parliament → meetsDuringConflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ

Constantine I of Greece → notableWork → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek victories in the Balkan Wars

Alexander Papagos → participatedIn → Balkan Wars ⓘ

Constantine I of Greece → participatedIn → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Balkan War

Constantine I of Greece → participatedIn → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Balkan War

Enver Pasha → participatedIn → Balkan Wars ⓘ

Kingdom of Greece → participatedIn → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Balkan War

Kingdom of Greece → participatedIn → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Balkan War

Kingdom of Romania → participatedIn → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Balkan War

Kingdom of Serbia → participatedIn → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Balkan War

Kingdom of Serbia → participatedIn → Balkan Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Balkan War

World War I → precededBy → Balkan Wars ⓘ

Eastern Question → relatedTo → Balkan Wars ⓘ

Young Turk Revolution → relatedTo → Balkan Wars ⓘ