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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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Balkan Wars canonical 78
First Balkan War 35
Second Balkan War 33

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 (152)

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

World War I → precededBy → Balkan Wars ⓘ
Ottoman Empire → majorWar → Balkan Wars ⓘ
Balkans → wasCenterOf → Balkan Wars ⓘ
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk → conflict → 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
Balkan Wars → alsoKnownAs → Balkan Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balkan conflicts of 1912–1913
Imperial Russian Army → engagedIn → Balkan Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Balkan War (as ally and observer in region)
Macedonia (Greece) → historicalEvent → Balkan Wars ⓘ
Young Turk Revolution → relatedTo → Balkan Wars ⓘ
Ottoman Parliament → meetsDuringConflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ
Ion Antonescu → conflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Balkan War
Romanian Land Forces → conflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Balkan War
Salonika → capturedDuring → Balkan Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Balkan War
Alexander Papagos → participatedIn → Balkan Wars ⓘ
Kingdom of Greece → 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
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
Eastern Question → relatedTo → Balkan Wars ⓘ
Greek Army → conflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ
Ottoman Army → conflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ
Italo-Turkish War → followedBy → Balkan Wars ⓘ
King Alexander I → conflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ
subject surface form: King Alexander I of Yugoslavia
Treaty of London (1913) → endedConflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Balkan War
Treaty of London (1913) → conflictContext → Balkan Wars ⓘ
Treaty of Bucharest (1913) → endedConflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Balkan War
Treaty of Bucharest (1913) → historicalPeriod → 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
Kingdom of Serbia → participatedIn → Balkan Wars ⓘ
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
Kingdom of Romania → participatedIn → Balkan Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Balkan War
declaration of independence in 1912 → signedDuring → Balkan Wars ⓘ
subject surface form: Declaration of Independence of Albania (1912)
this entity surface form: First Balkan War
Treaty of Constantinople (1913) → endedConflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Balkan War
Treaty of Constantinople (1913) → historicalPeriod → Balkan Wars ⓘ
Mauser → usedInConflict → Balkan Wars ⓘ
Armed Forces of Greece → conflictInvolvement → Balkan Wars ⓘ
Bulgarian royal family → linkedToEvent → Balkan Wars ⓘ
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
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens) → commemoratesConflict → 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
Balkan League → causeOfDissolution → Balkan Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Balkan War
Balkan League → category → 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