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