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alliance forms
As the ottoman eire continues to dominate the Baltic region, unrest boils underneath other countries. Soon an alliance forms between Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia and Montenegro who hope go liberate their people and put down the oppressive ottoman empire. -
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Balkan wars
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First treaty
Serbia and Bulgaria sign a treaty which gave Montwnegro to Serbia and part of Macedonia to Bulgaria. Flames fired as these assignments were made. War was contemplated with Turkey as well as the ottomans. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/balkan-war.jpg -
Second treaty
Following a similar track of the first treaty, Greece and Bulgaria also signed a treaty. This treaty built a military alliance against Turkey in anticipation of the upcoming war -
War breaks out
Montenegro begins the musch anticipated war by declaring war on Turkey This began the start of a very failed war on the side of the ottomans -
Allied powers join too
Soon after Montenegrp dec.ared war, the other allied powers joimed the war as well. Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece joined the fight to end the reign of the ottoman empire. -
Speech in Serbia
Peter I of Serbia following Serbia officially joinkng the war gives a moving speech to his subjects declaring that the fall of the ottoman empire will soon be upon them and freedom will be had by all. http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/115/6/8/king_peter_i_of_serbia_by_kraljaleksandar-d4xivrh.jpg -
Defeat
After a quick defeat of the ottomans the big European powers took to a conference to help decide the new boundaries that was the firmer ottoman empire. Britain, France, Russia and Germany outlined a new area in hopes of preventing future wars in the Baltic region -
treaty of london
this treaty signified the end of the first balkan wars. this dealt with adjusting territories following the wpfall of the ottoman empire. -
second war
war breaks out again following the creation of new boundaries for the former ottoman empire. this along with inrest of the defeated ottoman narion led to the start of thw second balkan -
Treaty of Bucharest
the peace did not last long in the baltic region. war broke out doon after the treaty of london. some credit the newly drawn terrirories as the cause for the ourptbreak of another war. However the second war didn't last long either. the ottomans were again defeated and and this treaty amended the treaty of london and redrew new boundaries.
