Balkan League

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The Balkan League was a coalition of Balkan states formed in the early 20th century to challenge Ottoman rule and expand their territories in Southeastern Europe.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf coalition of states
military alliance
political alliance
allianceType anti-Ottoman alliance
category Balkan Wars
Military alliances involving Bulgaria
Military alliances involving Greece
Military alliances involving Montenegro
Military alliances involving Serbia
causeOfDissolution Second Balkan War
territorial disputes among member states
conflictParticipatedIn First Balkan War
Second Balkan War
countryInvolved Kingdom of Bulgaria
Kingdom of Greece
Kingdom of Montenegro
Kingdom of Serbia
diplomaticSupportFrom Russian Empire
dissolvedIn 1913
formedByTreatyBetween Greece and Bulgaria
Montenegro and Serbia
Serbia and Bulgaria
formedIn 1912
hasConsequence redrawing of borders in the Balkans
weakening of Ottoman control in Europe
historicalEra pre–World War I era
languageOfDiplomacy French
location Balkans
Southeastern Europe
memberState Bulgaria
Greece
Montenegro
Serbia
opposedBy Austro-Hungarian Empire NERFINISHED
predecessor informal Balkan cooperation against the Ottoman Empire
primaryOpponent Ottoman Empire
purpose to challenge Ottoman rule in the Balkans
to expand member states' territories
regionTargeted Epirus
Macedonia
Thrace
relatedTo Balkan nationalism
causes of World War I
decline of the Ottoman Empire
resultOfFirstBalkanWar significant territorial losses for the Ottoman Empire in Europe
successor shifting bilateral alliances among Balkan states
timePeriod early 20th century
treatyConcluded Treaty of London (1913)

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
First Balkan War
belligerent
Balkan Wars
participant

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