Above: Map during the First Balkan War The Balkan League consisted of Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece and Montenegro. The members of the aforesaid league broke into conflict with the Ottoman Empire. This came to be termed as the First Balkan War. Above: Trench in the battlefield used by Turkish troops as defense against enemy fires during the war at Macedonia Russia in the spring of 1912 took the initiative in forming the league. Russia's objective was to take away Macedonia from Turkey, ... Read More

Above: Contrasted Map of Macedonia between 1912-1913 to present (click map to enlarge) Serbia, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria had jointly made conquests in Macedonia. But Bulgaria fell out with the others over the division of the spoils. Serbia and Greece teamed up in 1913 on 1st June and by the end of the month war broke out when Bulgaria's King Ferdinand ordered attack on their forces stationed in Macedonia. Above: Bulgarian troops with their deadly field gun deployed against the Turks ... Read More