Balkan Wars
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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.
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.
this entity surface form:
First Balkan War
subject surface form:
Declaration of Independence of Albania (1912)
this entity surface form:
First Balkan War