Vardar Offensive

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The Vardar Offensive was a major Allied military campaign in September 1918 on the Macedonian front that broke Bulgarian lines and hastened the end of World War I in the Balkans.

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Macedonian Offensive of 1918 1
Vardar Offensive canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle
military offensive
alsoKnownAs Vardar Offensive
surface form: Macedonian Offensive of 1918
armistice Armistice of Salonica
armisticeDate 1918-09-29
belligerent French Third Republic
Kingdom of Greece
Kingdom of Italy
Kingdom of Serbia
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
cause Allied decision to break stalemate on Macedonian front
commander Louis Franchet d'Espèrey
Petar Bojović
Živojin Mišić
conflict World War I
endDate 1918-09-29
followedBy Allied advance into Bulgaria
Allied liberation of Serbia
front Balkan Front
surface form: Salonika front
involvedUnit British Salonika Force
French Army of the Orient
Greek divisions
Italian 35th Division
Serbian Army
surface form: Serbian First Army

Serbian Army
surface form: Serbian Second Army

Serbian Third Army
keyBattle Battle of Dobro Pole
Battle of Doiran
surface form: Battle of Doiran (1918)
location Balkans
North Macedonia
surface form: Macedonia

Vardar River
surface form: Vardar River valley
notableFeature breakthrough of Bulgarian defensive lines
combined Franco-Serbian assault
opposingBelligerent German Empire
Kingdom of Bulgaria
opposingCommander Georgi Todorov
Otto von Below
partOf Balkan theatre of World War I
surface form: Macedonian front
precededBy static trench warfare on Macedonian front
result Bulgarian request for armistice
collapse of Bulgarian front
decisive Allied victory
startDate 1918-09-14
strategicEffect hastened end of World War I in the Balkans
opened route for Allied advance into Serbia
threatened Austria-Hungary from the south
theatre Balkan theatre of World War I
year 1918

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Balkan Front hasPart Vardar Offensive
Vardar Offensive alsoKnownAs Vardar Offensive
this entity surface form: Macedonian Offensive of 1918