{"id":77074,"date":"2022-10-08T04:00:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T08:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=77074"},"modified":"2022-10-07T15:40:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T19:40:10","slug":"prelude-to-ww1-the-balkan-wars-1912-1913","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/10\/08\/prelude-to-ww1-the-balkan-wars-1912-1913\/","title":{"rendered":"Prelude to WW1 &#8211; The Balkan Wars 1912-1913"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H_cXXePNW9w\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Great War<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished  7 Oct 2022<\/p>\n<p>The Balkan Wars marked the end of Ottoman rule in Southeastern Europe, and they involved several countries that would join the First World War just a few years later. A complicated alliance between Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Greece imploded over disagreement of the war spoils after defeating the Ottomans. This led to the 2nd Balkan War and also created much resentment that would play a role between 1914 and 1918 too.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Sign up for CuriosityStream and get Nebula bundled in: <a href=\"https:\/\/curiositystream.com\/thegreatwar\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/curiositystream.com\/thegreatwar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SUPPORT THE CHANNEL<br \/>\nPatreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/realtimehistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/realtimehistory<\/a><br \/>\nNebula: <a href=\"https:\/\/nebula.tv\/realtimehistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nebula.tv\/realtimehistory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS<br \/>\nJohn Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen R\u00f8ste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. 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XXV (2018)<br \/>\n\u00dcng\u00f6r, Ugur \u00dcmit, &#8220;Mass Violence Against Civilian During the Balkan Wars&#8221;, in Mulligan, William, Andreas Rose and Dominik Geppert, eds. <em>The Wars Before the Great War<\/em> (Cambridge UP, 2015)<br \/>\nIlinchev, Kiril. &#8220;\u0425\u043e\u0440\u0430-\u0440\u0435\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0432\u0438&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHNaZnIwREQ1cGlRSUhfUTlYOWhvVTM0c3l2Z3xBQ3Jtc0tsTUR1ZTc3R2s4RUJ1MVJpaVhQWWhCb2xxWmtOaTNvNWc5R0d0cS1ZenZ0OWdQbDVmQ1FrVlhUbmk5cWd0TVZ2SXpFc1NnWndKeGkxMG01MEQxamU4RlItbWR3eUxWdGdpZ1paSHZJYV9SSDUxeGNmUQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fbnt.bg%2Fnews%2Fhora-relikvi-294302news.html&#038;v=H_cXXePNW9w\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bnt.bg\/news\/hora-relikvi-2943&#8230;<\/a>)<br \/>\nConstantine of Greece. &#8220;A King&#8217;s private letters. Being letters written by King Konstantine of Greece to Paola princess of Saxe-Weimar during the years 1912 to 1923&#8221;, Eveleigh Nash &#038; Greyson Ltd, London, 1923.<br \/>\nMyrivilis, Stratis. &#8220;War&#8221;, in &#8220;Short Stories&#8221;, Mytilene, (1928)<br \/>\nKolev, Valery and Christina Koulouri, eds. <em>The Balkan Wars<\/em>. (Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe, 2009)<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbCREDITS<br \/>\nPresented by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nWritten by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nDirector: Toni Steller &#038; Florian Wittig<br \/>\nDirector of Photography: Toni Steller<br \/>\nSound: Toni Steller<br \/>\nEditing: Jose Gamez, Toni Steller<br \/>\nMotion Design: Elise Hersink<br \/>\nMixing, Mastering &#038; Sound Design: <a href=\"http:\/\/above-zero.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/above-zero.com<\/a><br \/>\nResearch by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nFact checking: Florian Wittig<\/p>\n<p>Channel Design: Yves Thimian<\/p>\n<p>Contains licensed material by getty images and AP Archive<br \/>\nMaps: MapTiler\/OpenStreetMap Contributors &#038; GEOlayers3<br \/>\nAll rights reserved &#8211; Real Time History GmbH 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-08-at-15-05-49-Prelude-to-WW1-\u2013-The-Balkan-Wars-1912-1913-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-08-at-15-05-49-Prelude-to-WW1-\u2013-The-Balkan-Wars-1912-1913-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-77076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-08-at-15-05-49-Prelude-to-WW1-\u2013-The-Balkan-Wars-1912-1913-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-08-at-15-05-49-Prelude-to-WW1-\u2013-The-Balkan-Wars-1912-1913-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-08-at-15-05-49-Prelude-to-WW1-\u2013-The-Balkan-Wars-1912-1913-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-08-at-15-05-49-Prelude-to-WW1-\u2013-The-Balkan-Wars-1912-1913-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Great War Published 7 Oct 2022 The Balkan Wars marked the end of Ottoman rule in Southeastern Europe, and they involved several countries that would join the First World War just a few years later. 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