The History of The First Balkan War

The First Balkan War lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and involved actions of the Balkan League (the Kingdoms of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro) against the Ottoman Empire. The Balkan states' combined armies overcame the initially numerically inferior (significantly superior by the end of the conflict) and strategically disadvantaged Ottoman armies and achieved rapid success. The war was a comprehensive and unmitigated disaster for the Ottomans, who lost 83% of their European territories and 69% of their European population. As a result of the war, the League captured and partitioned almost all of the Ottoman Empire's remaining territories in Europe. Ensuing events also led to the creation of an independent Albania, which angered the Serbs. Bulgaria, meanwhile, was dissatisfied over the division of the spoils in Macedonia, and attacked its former allies, Serbia and Greece, on 16 June 1913 which provoked the start of the Second Balkan War.

0:00:00 - intro
0:00:13 - Summary
0:00:27 - Background
0:02:45 - Order of battle and plans
0:03:05 - Bulgaria
0:04:12 - Serbia
0:05:13 - Greece
0:05:48 - Montenegro
0:06:15 - Ottoman Empire
0:06:45 - Forces in Balkans
0:10:41 - Ottoman Navy
0:10:51 - Bulgarian theatre
0:12:00 - Bulgarian offensive and advance to Çatalca
0:14:29 - Ottoman counteroffensive
0:15:52 - Fall of Adrianople and Serbo-Bulgarian friction
0:17:32 - Macedonian front
0:18:45 - Epirus front
0:19:14 - Naval operations in Aegean and Ionian Seas
0:20:21 - Confrontations off Dardanelles
0:21:20 - Serbian and Montenegrin theatre
0:22:59 - Reasons for Ottoman defeat
0:24:10 - Aftermath
0:24:47 - Great Powers
0:25:33 - outro

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