The Second Balkan War - Explained in 10 minutes
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The Second Balkan War - Explained in 10 minutes
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Erickson, Edward J.; Bush, Brighton C. (2003). Defeat in Detail: The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912-1913. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-275-97888-5.
Gerolymatos, André (2002). The Balkan wars: conquest, revolution, and retribution from the Ottoman era to the twentieth century and beyond. Basic Books. ISBN 0465027326. OCLC 49323460.
Hall, Richard C. (2000). The Balkan Wars, 1912-1913: Prelude to the First World War. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-22946-4.
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@@user-od3mf8qy6d Something like will come in the future :D
Respect dedo
Why can’t you say what it is? South Slavs committed genocide on Albanians, especially in what is called Kosovo and Macedonia today.
@@curleddoughnuts6857 you are full of bullshit... if serbs are so guilty, why albanians still leave Kosovo and runaway in western countrys?? and yet, they go in Nis for Serbian passports?? so for that they are in Serbia??? you and similar like you are all hipocrats
Bulgaria was lucky that the Black Sea Did not have a army
Technically that's Soviet union. That happens right at end of ww2....so not that lucky
Hahahaa true xD
@@zarni000 However they didn't invade form the east ;)
As a Bulgarian I find this funny :D
@Andrija Čamagić eh?
Bulgaria in 1915: "One more game, double or nothing"
And in 1941: "Third time's a Charm"
@@markomarkovic5729 No. Germans (Hitler) fought in 1941. Bulgaria had had enough, by 1918. Wermacht fought in 1941, and smashed you to pieces, both Serbs and Greeks.
It was indeed double.Just as a soldier once said: the land, you can get it, but the glory of winning/capturing your enemies is impossible to regain after a lose.
@@markomarkovic5729 same with Hungary and Romania they lost one world war but the only reason they didn’t lose world war 1 was because Germany lost it although Hungary lost two world wars and technically Austria did also lose two
looool.
"I fear no man...But that thing..."
*Balkan Politics and Wars*
"It scares me..."
Name checks out.
Name checks out.
SSSSHHH....The Austro-Hungarians will hear you!
@@charliethenecromancer4422 *Serbia wants to know your location*
@@biliminsrlar5752 *visible panic*
Bulgaria: "The risk I took was calculated....but man I'm I bad at math"
Lol
That is not Bulgaria but its usurper, the tzar of Bulgaria 1908 -1918, Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria, who played with the Turks and the Germans, Austro-Hungarians and Greeks against the Bulgarians.... The ruler of Bulgaria, tzar Ferdinand, was at the same time an officer in the Austro-Hungarian army, general in the Ottoman army...... He was also cursed by the Papa from the Vatican in 1896.
Bro are you dumb. Bulgarian army was holding and even winning against Greece and Serbia at the same time. How were they supposed to know that Romania and Turkey are going to intervene???
I hope the third Balkan war won't start in the comment section...
Edit: too late
It's a video about the Balkans. You have to much hope
@@Toloposki DON'T underestimate the Balkans. They literally are willing to commit genocide for just 1 extra metre of land for their country.
@@h96573 I was talking about the modern attitude of balkaners. In the western world people are protesting for world peace or are generally anti war. Meanwhile the Balkan people ( just generalising here ) aren't as opposed to war and atrocities as the West if it means to make their country "bigger" or "greater". Of course there are Balkan people against war, but in general they would support a war
@@h96573 what are you Croatian or something? ( sorry if I got it wrong ) but if your country was attacked, would you join the military right away or wait till you get conscripted?
@@Deem707 that's because the Balkan borders are shit,we need a new war to redraw them,I mean why does Macedonia even exists
I am Bulgarian and I am always happy that one of our neighbour is the SEA!
At least the sea can't declare war on us XD....I hope so ;-;
I AM GREEK AND I WANT THE BULGARIANS TO BE OUR FRIENDS WE HAVE SO MUCH IN COMMON
are you flexing on serbs?
@Gasko Gaskovich I like Bulgaria ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
@Gasko Gaskovich no I am half Greek and I life in Germany ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
The Balkan states fighting each other after working together repelling the Turks is the most Balkan thing ever happened
I could never understand why we we haven't done that since the end of the 15th century. What the hell have we been waiting for for over 400 years?
@@markomarkovic5729 Because there was not a thing called nationalism in that era. Things were better under ottomans than under catholics too.
@@kasadam85 or....maybe because ottomans were losing in africa. How about that?
@@GeneralPet I and many historians would say you are wrong, because Ottomans lost plenty of times before the Italian invasion of Libya anyway.
@@markomarkovic5729 West killed ottomans. You filled the blanks. The end.
As bulgarian i can tell that getting Ferdinand as our Tzar was our biggest mistake in our new history - also there are rummors that when he ordered the attack he was drunk and in the next day he tried to negotiate peace,but Serbia and Greece refused.
He this was a 1 month war u can't just keep attacking and then just try negotiate after that
@@BabisPipas welll.. we said sorry.. but they didnt believed us :D
Greece and Bulgaria are two countries that were ruined by bad leaders
@Colonel Greg so do I. Τον βασιλιά Κωνσταντίνο εννόουσα παρεπιπτόντως
@@dkgamers1385 Serbia as well unfortunately
Balkans logic : We have a common enemy that enslaved us for centuries and we are about to kick them out of Europe, but let´s fight each other and invite them to the party.
well if u look at history Ottomans destroyed all our countries while we were in civil wars xD Byzantium was responsible for forth crusade, as they invited them to their civil war, then Serbia conquered much of greece and defeated Bulgaria, but then Serbia went in to civil war and Ottomans just conquered everything... and when we finnaly expeled Ottomans, we just went on where we stopped xD but now we are all American bitches and are crumbling from inside...
yes a sad true
Bulgarian logic*
*Human logic
Bulgarian logic.
Greece,romania,serbia and the ottomans pulling the biggest "no u" in the history of balkans (1913,colorized)
GD_ChrisPlayz yes
And Albanian
Oparaku i Korces Albania?
@@bandvitromaniaios1307 yes albania was against turkey first moves for independence has made albania patriotic movements in Balkan the first Albanian state in the beginning of the 12th century 13 was ARBERIA
Oparaku i Korces oh i didn’t know that but i know the first indepedent nation was Albania right?
My question was always about how Bulgaria (recently formed and never seemingly mentioned for economic prowess or riches) apparently fielded massive armies and equipment.
It did that from 1878 (when liberated) until 1912, during the Golden Era (or whatever it is called - late Victorian and until the 1910s) - and then wasted everything, in the wars. Also, there were some wealthy Bulgarian traders, crafts, production, massive agriculture. etc., within the Ottoman empire, during the Bulgarian Revival, in the 19th century, so it did not start from nothing, it had its background.
Long story short - help from Russia, loans, reorganizing army, capturing of others equipment lead to the assumption that we are unbeatable
1. Help from Russia since they wanted to expand their sphere of influence (these days Serbia is more of the target, but back then it was Bulgaria) They played the decisive role in the Liberation War 1878, and also with equipment and training of the then newly formed bulgarian military units
2. Experience in the Serbo-Bulgarian War 1885
3. After the russian defeat in the Russo-Japanene War 1904, bulgarian war doctrines switch from russian ones, to french
4. 1908 we take massive loans from the west and purchase equipment from Austro-Hungary, France and Germany
5. The highly unlikely at the time capturing of Adrianopolis and other big Ottoman cities in the First Balkan war brought MAJOR equipment (from Adrianopolis alone Bulgaria captured 16 war flags, 600 cannons and many more rifles)
6. Sheer volume of bulgarians back then compared to their bordering nations, but I don't want to go back 500 years explaining that :D
@@cbakotako2791 thanks for the bulletpoints because the whole damn thing was a mystery to me
skiils
@@stanislavdaganov574 yeah Bulgaria legit had alot of potential to become a power in the balkans but is now instead the 3rd strongest country
I 'm a romanian and I still find it strange that we'v enterd in this war whit some minimum teritorial achivments and that achivments it wasn't whit romanian population.Anyway I salute our bulgarians,serbs and greek brothers!
Thank you I salut all Rumanians, pity you are not politician
@The Equinox You are right bro!Both so called nations (Moldovan and Macedonian) were artifically created to weaken the main nation (Romanian and Bulgarian)! It is example of communist social engineering.
Actually you Romanians fixed that problem when started populating Dobrudja with Romanians. Which caused trouble after it was returned in 1940 to the Bulgarian Tsardom. But there's nothing Axis and Soviet relocation policies can't fix...
Sebastian Ungureanu That's even more strange when you know that Romania and the Ottoman empire are ready to attack you while you are doing your thing with the Serbs and Greeks but you put no army to prevent an invasion from them...
"brothers?" you must be very rowdy family then
It seems Bulgaria didn't know that aggressive expansion would lead to a coalition against them. Ferdinand should have played EU4 first.
Hoi4 great war mod would be better
@@iangeorge5079 Yeah maybe, I have never played Hoi4. So EU4 was the first one that came to my mind.
@@apophis4407 you should try hoi4 if you like grand strategy games its really fun
well apophis ,for the first time greeks have a national state after their freedom from the ottoman empire. Before you were just an insignificant tribe in the roman empire....
so be quiet man...
As a Serb I hope we never have to go to war against Bulgaria again! Best thing ever happened in Balkan was cooperation between Greece,Bulgaria and Serbia. Together we managed to do so much. Alas
@@curleddoughnuts6857 What genocide ? I think you confused places , Ottomans genocided armenians in Caucasus, not Balkan.
@@curleddoughnuts6857 First, Ottoman Empire consisted of large teritories with wide spectrum of nations and ethnicities, actualy it was more Ottomanic than Turkish. In order to keep its large teritories ottomans opressed muslims,christians,jews, turks,armenians,kurdish tribes,balkan nations,arabic nations for centuries as ANY other Empire at the time did.
Im not blaming turks for that only, ottomans consisted if many nations that served them and fought for them...
@@curleddoughnuts6857 I just said in my previous reply that im not blaming only turks ..
Every country has its dark past because people had different mindset back then, there was no human rights, nothing back then to prevent people from hurting others. ... and people who do that you shouldnt argue with them because its pointless.
Do you argue with someone that sees only bad things about others and nothing about himself in your daily life too ? I think not.
Florentina Islami how long it took you to shit that from your mouth ?ignorant tard
@@curleddoughnuts6857 Greek speaking muslims were on the Ottoman side and were no longer members of the Greek nation like the millions of Byzantines who converted to Islam and eventually became Turks.The population exchange was a positive thing for both nations and it was mutually agreed.
I''m from Bulgaria and when i read and watch about the Second Balkan war i get sick. I can't believe that we lost 2/3 of Thrace ( and temporary South Dobrudzha) in order to obtain Macedonia. This was madness!!!
Yeah but decisions which worked the best for the rest.
Tharce is not only Bulgaria!all east europe is tracian teritorii and romanian have tracic roots-Getae -Dacian -Thracian is the same!
@Andrei Vlad Sorry to disagree, but all Daciens are Thrations, but not all Thrations are Daciens. There are Getis, Miciens, Odrians and so on tribes, who are also Thrations. They wasnt able to created permanent countries in this territory and are assimilate by the local Slavic, Greek and bulgar or Daciens tribes.
According recent genetic resurge, half of the genes of the modern bulgarians are Thration.
your Tsar was just teensy bit too ambitious :))
@Peter the Great maybe he was related to the infamous Austrian house painter hahah
I have atleast 3 Bulgarian friends as a Serbian.We will drink rakija one day and listen to "luda po tebe" hit ofcourse.Love both Greeks and Bugare.Have a good day brothers.
good man :)
А така брат :)
Have a good day
Cringe
Germans are to be blamed. Ferdinand was not Bulgarian but German. His goal was not to enlarge Bulgaria but to dominate the Balkans. You failed to mention that agreement four Balkan countries had prior to starting the war was that Serbia was going to get almost all of Old Serbia (nowadays known as Albania). Serbia liberated these territories but Germany organized local Albanian minority to issue Declaration on independence of Albania in November 1912. and recognized newly invented "nation" in 1913. At that time there was not standardized Albanian language nor alphabet, nor a sense of belonging to Albanian nation since local tribes did not speak common language. At the time there were over 300000 Serbs living in these territories. Since Serbia thanks to Germans did not get the territories promised to her (Western countries could not permit Serbia to get access to Adriatic Sea because of strong ties with Russia) Serbia decided to keep territories in Macedonia which she liberated anyway. Bulgaria, heavily influenced by Germany was not happy and started war in order to spread German influence over all of Balkans. After that Serbs in newly invented Albania (Germans seated Prince Wilhelm of Wied who reigned briefly as sovereign of the Principality of Albania as Vilhelm I) were exposed to unspeakable atrocities. Now there are Serbs living in Albania but have no schools in their native language and all their churches were destroyed and their personal names changed. However, the names of rivers and villages show Serbian origin. There is river Bistrica (Bistricë is a river in southwestern Albania. It ends in the Ionian Sea. Name of the river is of the Serbian origin, meaning "clear water") and villages like Bistrice, Valahove (Serbian Village), Glina, Kamenica, Gorice... See video of Serbian woman I made last summer in Southern Albania near Greek border. She clearly says her name Lenka Kostic was changed to Lena Costa and that her mother Maria did not speak Albanian but Serbian only. Her father's name was Todor ua-cam.com/video/6u3ja45pFA0/v-deo.html
Bulgaria had no chance of winning against literally all its neighbours
Maybe it's because everybody hated Bulgaria for stealing and claiming their lands?
You can see why people hate masons - the Austrian tzar Ferdinand was one of them.
@@boske_77 Apart from Ferdinand's ambitions for Constantinople and Thessaloniki, Bulgaria's claims were justified because the population there considered itself Bulgarian. Now what about the Greek claims to all of Southern Bulgaria up to Plovdiv and the Serbian ambitions for Western Bulgaria. Isn't it mostly the same?
@LUNAR BLOODDROP 5 Indians (natives) vs 2000 US cavalry. The Indians won.
They had the biggest army in the balkans by far tho. Almost half a mil..so it wasn't so far fetched in theory.. greece for example, barely had around 150k
And this is how our eternal "Love" started btw eachother in Balkan.
yep
definetly
Well, at least you guys can agree on something, hah
There is no nation called Macedonia...these are Slavs ..period...
Love is war
Bulgaria: A nation of great people that - during the first part of the 20th century - was driven to disaster by incompetent leaders.
Jon Londrezos I wouldn’t say incompetent. They just weren’t bulgarian leaders as we had no noble families back then so yeah ... we were led by the greed of foreigners who did not seek to unite bulgars but rather expand their sovereignty regions as in an act of a God complex. Nationalism led us to strive for the territory Great Bulgaria once had under Simeon Veliki , but I personally do not justify that ideal since it had happened a millennia before the Balkan Wars. The Second Balkan War was , in all honesty , the second dumbest decision in our nation’s history (the first being the separation of the Second Bulgarian Tsardom)
The only country that has the right to want more lands in the balkans is Greece because Greeks lived there since 2000 BC
Tsar Ferdinand was a greedy man and he underestimated our "enemies" that's why we lost. If you ask me the second balkan war never should've happened, it's because of the Tsar that it all went to shit.
Charalambos Zacharia nice try 👍. BUT the Varna civilisation was first there - 4000BC. There are still remains further in the Black sea before the Great Flood. Those who succeed to flee are called Thracians (the largest population after Indians according to Herodotus), although the called themselves sth else. Recent genetic analyses showed direct connection of genetic materials taken from ancient (Thracian graves) and contemporary Bulgarian population. More evidence are yet to com but I believe that is not point in the Balkan wars. The political efforts of the Bulgarian war policy from that time was to defend Bulgarian population accross borders from genocide practices.
@@charalamboszacharia6082 You are migrant from Afruka just like all balkan nation. Bay the way we fight about ex Otoman land not greek :)
It's odd that Bulgaria and Turkey who'd been enemies in the Two Balkan Wars became allies in 1915 when Bulgaria joined the Central Powers. That must've been akward for diplomats and soldiers on both sides.....
Bulgarian soldier: /to Turkish soldier/ Hey there, I haven't seen you since you killed several of my comrades along with innocent Bulgarian civilians in the last war, how've you been?
Turkish soldier: /shrugs/ All right I guess. I'm still working through the pain caused by my family's death caused by you in the war before the last war. How about yourself?
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend" They both hated the serbs and the greeks
@@christiangaming-fy6rv True but it still must've still been quite akward to have to deal with even IF they both hated the Serbs and Greeks.
Bulgaria wasn't exactly thrilled at this alliance and expected a surprise attack any moment. The Ottomans probably did too. Plus, Bulgaria had no land anymore to demand from the Ottoman empire after the Bulgarians in Turkish Thrace were genocided in 1913.
@@axechop what a propaganda.. Ottomans just did what balkans did to turks in balkans after firs one .. Always cheap propaganda. Dirty tactics
@@valery2711 which could be argued was what the Ottomans did during their invasions and subsequent occupations
Someone: Hey, Bulgaria, no way you can go to war with all of your neighbors.
Bulgaria: Hold my beer.
Hold my Rakia*
Hey Marko, in response to your message - same is valid for Serbia: Milosevic tried to oppose all the world and for that was beaten by Allies - Hold my Rakia!!!
@@dpvideo7821 dont trust western mainstream media trust me. 😀 It is not the same it was small civil war inside that countries new born Croatia between Serbs and Croats and in Bosnia between Serbs Croats and Muslims and they still live in that countries it is not international war compared to Balkans wars it is a small. 😎
@@dpvideo7821 NATO against Serbia and Milosevic! Deja vu 1941. - Hitler against Serbia and Russia.Bullshit wester propaganda. "Demokraty" = fascism!
Ferdinand:hold my beer...have you noticed about Ferdinand is not a Bulgarian name,ta-daaaa
poor Bulgaria....back then and now...words from a bulgarian :(
God bless all the balkan people. Make them happy and not leaving their own country to go west...
Seriously this entire war was wrong. Bulgarians had a German king deciding for a whole nation z while literally none Bulgarian wanted to fight! Yeah, unfortunately most of wars between our Balkan nations were artificially made by the foreigners.
The roumanian king was german too:)) 2 idiots fighting each other for nothing...what a stupid idea.....
Well guess what the Greek king was :XD Yeap, of german descent
@@alexsamu3478 conclusion to everyone: DON'T LET GERMANS TAKE THE TROWN XD
WE GREEKS AND BOULGARIANS ARE FRIENDS PEACE AND LOVE MY FRIENDS
NO WAR AGAINST BULGARIA EVER AGAIN! VERY GOOD PEOPLE WITH BIG HEART! SERBIA❤BULGARIA
Живела Сърбия, никога повече!
As a bulgarian: One of my great great grandfathers died very young in this war. His wife had to take care of four children alone. My great grandmother /one of their daughters/ had to work at the age of 8. She had to cross the mountin and lead donkeys, loaded with coal, from the coal mines to the village, through the deep forest every day. Alone. Another great grandfather came back from the war with one leg. His brother too. Their father, looking at them had said "I have two sons with two legs". I guess that`s how people could go through all that pain - by joking.
True, I hate the most they don't care what was the cost for us. They might have won but at least they could be honorable but no.
As a Serb in this war my neighbor's wife was pregrant and stabbed thru stomach and my neighbor got threwn in bunar
Feel your pain. My great-grand-father died in 1915 before my grandmother was born.
It sucks. Sorry to hear that. Politicians never think about people. They just send their armies to war and don't see the destruction it will cost.
I think just saying the word "Balkan" triggers a second yugoslav war in every comment section
Only from petty ppl. most of us are trying to move forward and have good relationship with each others :D
@Marko Djokovic No, the most Croats are normal people just like the majority of us, and majorities of all other Balkan nations. However those pro nazzi and all other degenerate minorities are well loaded with those keyboard warriors that are very loud and visible, so I understand your impression. Govna su svuda ista, stanuju u bulji i smrde na kilometar
Serbia💪💪💪
@@urosvesic9520 Yeah, keep thinking that...
Oki, I say BALKAN
I was so angry that no one made videos about the balkan and our rich history.
Thank you for looking at our history
a rich history of war, slaughter, and conquest.
@@1993Redemption unlike Americas, where flowers were flying all around the place for sooo many centuries
@@1993Redemption Ironically, you know democracy came from the Balkans (Greece).....and alternate current electricity with which you power your computer (Tesla).....and also much of now claimed to be western knowledge (after fall of Constantinople) Those are just some of Balkan's contributions to the world. As for the war, yeah we had many wars.... mainly because foreigners (Ottomans, Austrians, Hungarians, Germans, Italians etc.) liked to invade us and, occasionally, genocide us, it wasn't much of a fight between ourselves. As for slaughter, yeah it did happen, but ironically, none Balkan country killed as much people as colonial powers did, even little ones, like Belgia or Netherlands. As for conquest, well.........I don't know for you, but to me it seems that none Balkan country had a colonial empire, it seems that none Balkaners have ever had such things as economy based on slaves or need to occupy other countries for the resources. So yeah, we better should be thankful for existence of the Balkan peninsula. Otherwise, we would probably live in some medieval tyranny.
@@justinian-the-great keep preaching but today there's about 7 or 8 countries that all hate each other and still splitting apart
Justinian I the Great man, Alexander the great conquered more than enough for all balkan countries.
Don’t bash on the central powers for wanting to do the same.
Albania remained neutral because we fought a 550 year battle against the ottoman empire.
Our tribes even fought each other for power before Gjergj Kastrioti reunited them.
All bullshit aside , if we were to unite ALL balkan countries , we would have some prosperity.
But then it would be dejavu and Serbia would try to claim everything as theirs like they did with Yugoslavia.
Just fyi “montenegro” is albanian land slavs settled themselves into.
We are natives here and you cannot deny our history.
I came here to say this is one of the best channels of UA-cam. I love maps.
Man I’ve been searching for so long for a review against the 2nd war well good ones
The first national catastrophe for Bulgaria. A few things are worth mentioning in relation to the video. The whole reason why Bulgaria joined the war efforts was because of its national unification. Only a few months after it was liberated by Russia in 1878, on the congress of Berlin, Bulgaria was divided by the Great Powers into small territories, most of which were returned to the Ottomans. The reason for this act was because the powerful empires did not wish to have a large pro-Russian state on the Balkans. So they decided to sacrifice our people's freedom, to get what they want. Millions of Bulgarians remained under Ottoman rule - something that no liberated Bulgarian would allow. From this point on it was the main priority for our country - to free our brethren in Macedonia and Thrace. This is why Bulgaria was so eager to go to war and which drove all men in the country to join the army. There were whole villages left with no men in them because they were all to war with the Muslims.
And here is where it all gets twisted. The German monarch of Bulgaria - Ferdinand, who was just recently recognized as a Tsar in 1908, saw this potential and wanted to exploit it for his benefit. He started to talk about his coronation in the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople - a city that never belonged to Bulgaria in the first place. You see from the video that he decided on his own to attack our neighbors, but what you don't see is that the Bulgarian soldiers were tired, had no supplies, and adequate equipment for yet another war. The worst part was the lack of moral to the Bulgarian troops, who were confused and frustrated to fight against the Greeks and the Serbs after they've won so many victories against the Turks together.
Bulgarian Tsar - Ferdinand deserved to lose like that, but the Bulgarian people didn't. They fought bravely in the First Balkan War to liberate their brothers from 5 centuries of Muslim rule, and what they received, in the end, was a shameful loss. The lands which they liberated were returned to the Turks or were taken by other countries - which hurts the most because there were Bulgarians living there. Never again after that did Bulgaria have the same fighting spirit, as people realized that no matter how good your cause is, no matter how good you fight for it, politicians can always fail you for their own agendas.
For me I do admire Ferdinand for his devotion for a greater Bulgaria, though his decisions were rather uncalled for
Братле, Гърция и Сърбия вече са били готови за война, османската армия от Анатолия вече е била дебаркирала в европейските части на империята, Румъния вече е бшла подготвена.
Не е като Фердинанд да няма вина, но да хвърлиш цялата вина върху него, наричайки го "германският цар", е просхо смешно и наивно.
"Never again after that did Bulgaria have the same fighting spirit"
I disagree with this.. In fact might explain that attitude of constant massive claiming "madness" still goes on
@@starhawck Основно задължение на монарха е да бъде трезвата глава в държавата и да мисли с няколко хода напред. Щом са знаели за подготовката на другите за война, защо е дадена заповед за атака? Спечелените територии изпълват българската мисия на 75-80 % Трябвало е просто да се примирят със ситуацията и да изчакат по- добър ден за завършване на националното обединение. Вместо това, България влиза в елементарен капан, който коства свободата на стотици хиляди души...
@@Dance4mee наведената глава сабя не я сече? :)
These are superbly done, narrated, and animated, well done Gents❕-Cheers🥂👍🏻👍🏻
Bulgaria would have looked so cool on the map if they would settled with what they had in the first place.
I like it better nowadays, so many little cute countries
The contents here have improved so much in the last few months. Keep up the excellent works
Bulgaria: "Declaring war on all my neighbors, except the one that is actually is openly hostile to me(to which I'll leave my flank wide open to), sounds like a great idea!"
@@AP-qs2gx you are very funny :))))
@ poor bulgarian
The Bulgarians really didn’t think that through
Non aggression pacts with Romanians and Turkey if held would have been the minimum .
Apparently Tsar Nicolas was asleep at the wheel.
Also if that map is correct the Bulgarians had two full armies sitting out the offensive
One of those armies on the Serbian Flank could have knocked the Serbs out in the first days.
of the war. The Greeks would have to come to the table.
But that war was stupid
A joint effort to chase the Ottomans from Europe should have been the first order of business.
I thought Constantinople was the holiest City in Eastern Orthodoxy apparently it’s recapture wasn’t as important.as Macedonia.
@@hoponpop3330 you have a point if you think strategically. If all the Balkan states united behind the goal and are able to capture Constantinople it would be of great strategic value.
However:
1) Constantinople is hard to capture and of the Balkan states only the Greek has a navy and it's probably not enough for an effective blockade. Constantinople is so hard to capture that when the Ottomans conquered pretty much all of the Balkans the remnants of the Byzantine(Eastern Roman Empire) were still holding on to Constantinople.
2) There is historic animosity between the Balkan nations and Ottomans are far from the only enemy. Serbia attacked Bulgaria because the latter unified its territories and declared independence in 1885. On top of that both Serbs and Greeks have been suppressing a population in Macedonia that identified as Bulgarian in the goals of claiming it. Bulgarians felt their duty was to respond to that and step in to protect their people even if the situation was less than favorable(Romania outright declaring they would join in and nothing less expected by the Ottomans as well).
3) This war was never about conquest or revanchism against the Ottomans for Bulgarians(my guess is that Greek and Serbians somewhat view it the same way). It was about unifying the Bulgarian population, which outside of Bulgaria was mostly in Macedonia at that point and under attack by both Serbs and Greeks.
4) Constantinople, while being, a life goal for some of the Bulgarian tzars throughout history has never been populated by Bulgarians. Greeks would claim that it was their city but the majority of its population for centuries at that point is Ottoman and it would be very hard to justify holding it or actually be able to keep it if the Balkan League captured it, especially if there is infighting and disagreement.
In the end the IInd Balkan war was most definitely not the smart move by Ferdinand but in some sense it was the only available one, unfortunately. Looking back through history and the knowledge of what followed it would have for sure been better for Bulgaria and the tzar if they solidified their defenses instead of "lash out" at their former allies but hindsight is 20/20, and there were a lot of variables that factored in the catastrophe that unfolded.
Bulgaria declared war to only one but the coward neighours decided to join because they know that Bulgaria is Great.
Fun fact : The last south Macedonian region under Bulgarian control after 1913 also fell to the allied Greek forces after ww1 and Bulgaria permantly lost opening to the Aegan thus the Mediterranean
I'm from Greece and personally don't hate any ethnicity we must learn to live together in peace, Serbians Greeks Bulgarian and Turks it doesn't matter we live in the same neighborhood and must try to live in peace ✌️
yes, no hate.
Yees✌️
Not turks tho
@@dariusmoldovan6202 stop
@@nikolagostovic1225 why it’s just a city, it’s not gonna magically solve any problems by having it?
I'm a high-school student in Bulgaria and these events are portrayed very differently in our history books. Basically, according to them, we carried all the attacks on all fronts all by ourselves and then our greedy neighbours decided to screw us and grab OUR land from underneath our nose and when we tried to bring justice into the region our other greedy neighbours decided to rob us from some more territory, thus stopping us forever from achieving our dreams of a unified Bulgaria for all Bulgarian people (even though it included mostly Greek and Turkish territories lmaooo).
It's really bamboozling to see at what lengths a nation would come to try and save themselves from the shame of being a greedy betraying asshole.
Maybe look up the what was happening to the Bulgarians in these territories before the war.
Look up the Tikves uprising that happened on day before the war.
Starting the first Balkan war was the actual mistake.
Hey chill my country macedonia didn't even get independence until the 90's and even then it isn't really macedonia
@@rubycooly962 at that time macedonians considered themself bulgarians
@@vynaaa4395 wow that was fast
You are definitely arrogant enough to come up with that argument.
When you're Bulgarian:
Stop, stop. Please be an alternative history video, please be an alternative history video.
I’m sure a every patriot of their own country, think the same way when they’re watching of their country getting overwhelmed by enemies XD
Yahir Tapia true, lol. *turns up Milo Rodino to 100000000000000000 volume. Its sad though.... when I watched this I had do eat Bulgarian (NOT greek) yogurt to stand the pain. Drowning my sorrows....
it's not funny. people died
In alt history they simply get allies and use their army against the ottomans..aka the smart and more noble move
Loool
I love your channel keep up the great stuff
You put out a great entertaining video. The only thing I didn't understand was over what timeframe the events were unfolding before the war. Was it like months or years. I knew nothing about the Balkins before watching this video.
Finally a Commentator that I can full undetstand. All of the rest have
mouthfull voice
Not Devin
Bulgaria gained the most from the first, was not satisfied...well look at them now...they would love to go back to those borders
just imagine if they would make a peace with the Europeans and instead send the 600.000 Force towards Constantinople...no ErDOGan
@@islamisthetruth3402 officially the name change happened on 28 March 1930...
あーー。so bulgaria was greedy asf back then? So they got banged at all sides?
@@Simi822 wow. Then Tsar of Bulgaria was stupid.
@@Simi822 at 10:01 i realized that yeah bulgaria was stupid as fuuck. And not contented on what they've got. If they pushed that ottomans that'll be better tbh. Such stupid tsar.
Love these! Great job
Loveeee youuuu mannn, thank you sooo much...
Finally after so many weeks of waiting you came thru...😁
Romania and ottoman empire: join the war
Bulgaria: guess i'll die
I mean, by the time the Ottomans joined, it was beating a dead horse
I'm Brazilian and I wish not only peace but also unity to the Balkans. No more fight.
heh good luck with that xD
No
Yeah 👏👏👏👍
I love you all my Balkan brothers. Stop spreading hate and start working more together. We are much stronger together! Greetings from a half Serbian and half Bosnian to all my Balkan brothers.
❤️🇭🇷🇧🇦🇲🇪🇲🇰🇹🇷🇦🇱🇽🇰🇸🇮🇬🇷🇧🇬🇷🇴🇷🇸❤️
Stronger together than alone💪🏽
Yes my brother but Turkey is not part of Balkans
@@panos.k1476 you piece of sh*t. We had these lands for centuries and we still have lands in the balkans. You uneducated hate spreader accept it or not
@@mertmutlu1365 o don't hate this country's and i love Turkey really,but Turkey is not part of Balkans
in others words :Bulgaria's gang bang
Sadly but true
Любомир Нешев знаеш какво казват - лаком гъз глава затрива.
Тези територии са били заселени предимно с българи. Ако е лакомо да освободиш своите сънародници...
@@user-og6gr9qz5j остави това че са били заселени с българи.Сърбите не спазват ("отлагат") оговорката да ни върнат Македония след войната.И не само това а също избиват и тероризират българи за да си освободят място.Сега някои казват че е пропаганда за да имаме повод да започнем война -_-
Fuck off, kid
Objective and precise presentation of the facts, thumps up for the video.
Meh, i saw some bias against Turks
@@hayro252 Everyone has bias. Only liars pretend to be robotic as regards the glory of races and places.
Germans are to be blamed. Ferdinand was not Bulgarian but German. His goal was not to enlarge Bulgaria but to dominate the Balkans. You failed to mention that agreement four Balkan countries had prior to starting the war was that Serbia was going to get almost all of Old Serbia (nowadays known as Albania). Serbia liberated these territories but Germany organized local Albanian minority to issue Declaration on independence of Albania in November 1912. and recognized newly invented "nation" in 1913. At that time there was not standardized Albanian language nor alphabet, nor a sense of belonging to Albanian nation since local tribes did not speak common language. At the time there were over 300000 Serbs living in these territories. Since Serbia thanks to Germans did not get the territories promised to her (Western countries could not permit Serbia to get access to Adriatic Sea because of strong ties with Russia) Serbia decided to keep territories in Macedonia which she liberated anyway. Bulgaria, heavily influenced by Germany was not happy and started war in order to spread German influence over all of Balkans. After that Serbs in newly invented Albania (Germans seated Prince Wilhelm of Wied who reigned briefly as sovereign of the Principality of Albania as Vilhelm I) were exposed to unspeakable atrocities. Now there are Serbs living in Albania but have no schools in their native language and all their churches were destroyed and their personal names changed. However, the names of rivers and villages show Serbian origin. There is river Bistrica (Bistricë is a river in southwestern Albania. It ends in the Ionian Sea. Name of the river is of the Serbian origin, meaning "clear water") and villages like Bistrice, Valahove (Serbian Village), Glina, Kamenica, Gorice... See video of Serbian woman I made last summer in Southern Albania near Greek border. She clearly says her name Lenka Kostic was changed to Lena Csta and that her mother Maria did not speak Albanian but Serbian only. Her father's name was Todor ua-cam.com/video/6u3ja45pFA0/v-deo.html
-General Ivanov , Field Marshal of the Bulgarian forces,
writes in his memoirs: „
We were able to hold on for so long, because the enemy was clampsy, they could not estimate how serious our situation was, they could not exploit over our difficulties….
I thought I had predicted everything though, I had guessed of everything, everything but the Greek madness“.
Very good video, From 🇹🇷. I wish for peace in the balkan region of europe.. hope all the disputes find a solution to them.
I hoop to bro.Wars is so bad.Rich and happy haves good new tehnolocic and industry.All country I belive good relacion import and help for Bad day.Ertquek, 🔥.Greeting from Bulgaria 🇧🇬
Ozbiljne teme!
Daa
Amazing video man thank you
Nicephorus I Genik ;)
Ferdinand ordered 7m. long white Cross which was supposed to be on the top of Haga Sophia, Great Powers stopped him ...
Bulgaria : you know I am somewhat of a Napoleon myself...
Napoleon at home
Well. That escalated quickly
You didn't explain why Romania joined the war.
The Bulgarians were supposed (see the Saint Petersburg agreement) to transfer a former Ottoman territory to Romania.
Bulgaria refused to honor the agreement.
The city had no romanians in it and was just a compensation to Romania for Russia's anexation of Bessarabia. From Bulgaria's point of view that was just not fair. That's why she refused. And then Romania attacked without even declaring war. 3 years later bulgarian troops entered Bucharest.
@@mishkata348 She xd
Correction: Romania wanted the city of Silistra (a Bulgarian city) and after the war, the Romanians GOT what they wanted, but after that they decided it wasn't enough so they declared war
Romania would gain territory without fight in first Balksn war?
@@mishkata348
Like I said,there was an agreement (see Danev at the St. Petersburg conference) that was not respected by Bulgaria.
Personal note: Bulgaria lost that war(one of the most important in it's history) because it didn't want to keep it's promise to give up one town?!...One...Town...One!
Please repeat that last phrase in your mind and tell me how does it sound?
But i loved your explaination man ...thanks for saving me 👏💜💜💜💜💜
Nicely explained.
Hyr knk
08:26 the way you said 'Dojran' and 'Kilkis - Lachanas' made me laugh till tears
plus there's something really really odd about mount Athos in this map
Not to mention Thessaloniki. And yes something is seriously wrong with Chalkidiki :XD
it's like Chalkidiki's parents spent a little too long touring Chernobyl
@@kotsaris87 Kilkis-lachanas the deadliest Greek battle in both balkan wars.
I've been waiting for this hahaha. Naysu naysu!
lol and l thought that only balkan people are interested in their history...
@@lazarignjatovic7881 Haha, I've seen the first part of this topic like the first balkan war then it got my attention then started having interest on it. 😄
Много добро видео
Good stuff.Im a new subscriber
Bulgaria: gets the most lands after the Balkan war
Also Bulgaria: not enough
Check the population ethnicity maps and you will realize why it was not enough.
@@Te0gop just ask for your people back don't expect others to just give the land they fought to get🙄
Slavs and Greeks: We are eager to fight!
Albania: Grabs a load of popcorn and watches from the side and enjoying the scene!
@L P What history did Albania steal? I am curious to know?
@L P I am still waiting for an answer?
Altin Kryeziu Technically no History, you attempt to steal because you have no History tho 🤣
@@SpartanLeonidas1821 What history did we attempt to steal? I am still waiting fo an answer from @L P
@@SpartanLeonidas1821 What you gonna say now you Greek leftover?
Great video
Very well done
Еха това е много яко, ако може прави повече такива клипове за България
"The Greek Navy was the chief factor in the general success of the allies."
-Nikola Ivanov
"In four days I will have completely destroyed both the Serbians & the Greeks."
-Michail Savov
"I had prepared & thought of everything, everything except the craziness of the Greeks"
-Nikola Ivanov
Greek army:gets surrounded despite outnumbering the enemy 3:1.
@@skamazbg5675
"In four days I will have completely destroyed both the Serbians & the Greeks."
-Michail Savov
"I had prepared & thought of everything, everything except the craziness of the Greeks"
-Nikola Ivanov
Cry Dog...You LOSE...AGAIN 👋 Slap
@@skamazbg5675 when exactly that happened?
@@skamazbg5675 wtf when did this even happen
@@wankawanka3053 battle of Kresna pass
Best period in Balkan history, what a wonderful show of cooperation.
Balkan wars 1&2 are both good videos. At times it seemed stilted or hesitant and sounded off.
Also some of the pronunciations were interesting
Please make a video about the Balkans in the 1st World War!!!
Ferdinald will not divide us!
Orthodox Balkans United!
I just subscribed your videos are very good Historían approved!
Thank you so much for your support!
At the end of the first Balkan war, Bulgaria had output to 2 Seas: the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea.
If Bulgaria had attacked only the Turks then, now Constantinople would have been Bulgarian and Bulgaria would have been a great regional power.
Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria was extremely ill-advised.
This is written by a Romanian from Bucharest.
Constantinople would never have fallen into the hands of a Christian because the Muslim hadiths say that Constantinople will send soldiers to support the mahdi in the future
Wrong: if Bulgaria had continued to work with the greeks and serbs and it wasn't so wrong, Turkey would be greece again, bulgaria and serbia would be bigger ... don't twist everything ... because the greeks were already there, unfortunately, let down by his friends. that is the reality and internationally established in history ... yours would like propaganda is mickey mouse broadcasts ...
@@fotiskosmos3009 Fotis, take some selfless advice from me.
Learn to write English correctly or write in your native language.
I thought that to
Thats impossible while ottomans were weak by then they weren’t with help of Serbia and Greece by doing that and Serbia and Greece doesn’t care so ottomans could hold defensive postions
I bet that was a big *"BRUH"* Moments for the allies
Bulgaria: I am about to do what's called a pro gamer move
Romania: I am about to end this man's hole carrier
How unfunny memes has become
Hole carrier?
@@AA-bz1pr Bulgarian Aircraft carriers lol
@@iangeorge5079 Yep! Balkan aircraft carriers have holes - to allow rowers breathe! Kidding aside, probably Mr. Anakin wanted to write ”whole career”.
Very nice, informative and balanced vids. Only one problem: I'm from Bulgaria and i have no idea about the places you talk about.
Bulgarian invasion need Benny Hill theme.
as a Bulgarian this pains me every time
Lol They didnt even declare wae
as an Albanian it’s also hurting :(
@@icelandthebest2218 and romanians when they get dobruja they didnt declare war but bulgarians got it back LOL
As a Greek, its an epic coom moment
Every nations has his owns pains in the history!
Bulgaria: I want to be independent..
Ottoman :NO
Serbia:HE SAID THE N WORDS!
1st balkan war.
Serbia: I Won..
Hungary : NO.
Romania: HEY HE SAY THE N WORDS.
2nd balkan war
no drop That fucking video killed me XD.
Thats not true and that meme id bullshit
Thank you very much for this video. Now the Balkan part of WWI finally makes sense.
They nearly doubled themselves in size and thought it wasn't enough.
It was not about land as the video says, It's about liberating our people from Serbian, Greek and Otoman rule/genocide.
Bulgaria:I want make the Great Bulgaria!
Serbia:I want make the Great Serbia!
Bulgaria:How dare you!
Serbia:How dare you too!
(Second Balkan War)
n First and Second Liberation war for Bulgaria(called Balkan wars for those whose purpose was land grabing) ,33% of officers in the Bulgarian army were born in Macedonia. 25 000 volunteers from Macedonia in Bulgarian army.There were a total of 24 generals who served in the Bulgarian army from 1878-1946 from Macedonia, 18 from Vardar Macedonia and 6 from Pirin.
Ohrid
• Джеров, Климент - генерал-майор (1916) Ohrid
• Бояджиев, Климент - генерал-лейтенант (1915) ohrid winner of 1st class order for bravery
• Златарев, Кръстю - генерал-лейтенант (1919) Ohrid
• Ковачев, Георги - генерал-майор (1943) - Velgoshti ohrid
• Писинов, Дионисий - генерал-майор (1935) Ohrid
• Протогеров, Александър - генерал-лейтенант (неизв.) Ohrid
Veles
• Димитров, Борис - генерал-майор (1944) mother from papradishte veles
• Танев, Александър - генерал-лейтенант (1918) Veles
Prilep
• Кюркчиев, Григор - генерал-майор (1917) Prilep
• Наумов, Йордан - генерал-майор (1935) Prilep
• Янчулев, Кирил - генерал-майор (1943) Prilep Varosh
Gaitanovo (pirin)
• Жостов, Димитър - генерал-майор (1918) Gaitanovo pirin
• Жостов, Константин - генерал-майор (1915) Gaitanovo pirin
• Стойков, Иван - генерал-майор (1917) Gaitaninovo
Banya (Pirin)
• Венедиков, Константин - генерал-майор (неизв.) banya pirinska
• Венедиков, Йордан - генерал-майор (1935)banya pirinska
Blagoevgrad
Костадин Герганчев (р. 1939), български офицер, генерал-лейтенант от ДС
Bitola
• Кецкаров, Владимир - генерал-майор (1935) Bitola
Shtip
• Ковачев, Антон - генерал-майор (1928) Shtip
Virche
• Николов, Коста - генерал-майор (1937) Virche Carevoselsko
Krushevo
• Силяновски, Васил - генерал-майор (1935) Krushevo
Sveti Nikola
• Серафимов, Христофор - генерал-майор (1943) Sveti Nikola
Kratovo
• Попдимитров, Александър - генерал-майор (1943) Kratovo
• Добревски, Симеон - генерал-майор (1918) Kratovo
@@carlustin4034 Macedonian people after Ist Balkan War wanted to stay in Serbia, the end.
When they wanted to leave in '90, Serbs didnt started the war or something, thats why Macedonians will always like Serbia more than Bulgaria.
Second balkan war explaind in 1 minute:
Bulgars attacked, Serbs and Greeces protected, Turish and Romanian people attacked Bulgaria, Bulgaria fucked up
Thanks!
A history we all need to know
To quote the Soldier from Team Fortress 2:
"Well that went pear-shaped fast..."
One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans.
-Otto von Bismarck
Balkans best region on earth. :)
Welcome to a "This is Total War" campaign playing as Bulgaria.
The Treaty of Bucharest signed on 10 august 1913, was the only treaty signed and respected without the intervention of the great powers of the day. Can you imagine Russia, Austro-Hungary, France, Italy, United Kingdom or Germany as pure spectators during the peace negotiations, during the signing and after !
They would like it I bet and the winners wouldn't need help from them. Not be cospiracy theorist or anything.
Let me oversimplify the Second Balkan war for you.
Serbia: Awesome! I won-
Bulgaria: No!
Romania: Ay He SaId ThE n WoRd!!
*Second Balkan war intensifies*
🤣🤣🤣
Well, dat escalated quickly
Man, are you romanian? Because I heard you are "DO" from "LUMEA LUI DEDO"
Serios? 🤔
Da, eu asa am inteles
L-am vazut bucurandu-se de videourile cu tepes, stefan si mihai de pe history marche. Deci sigur e roman. Dar probabil vrea sa isi pastreze impartialitatea.
Dang, el rumano suena chévere. Quiero aprenderlo.
Remember kid. Less is better than nothing
Bulgaria has already lost (via immigration) 2 million people since the joining of the EU.
Same will happen with albania and north macedonia .
romania 5m =)) in 2050 we gonna have half of the curent population .. .from 20 m to 10m... sad but true ...
@@nicolaeadrian7882 noooo :(.
@@nicolaeadrian7882It is gonna be a 15% decrease not 50%
what a major mistake it was not to retake constantinople.
İstanbul :3
"retake"???
@@user-jv9yl4tp9f Yes IT was the capital of Eastern Roman Empire, and the heart city of ortodox religion, the Constantinopole was conquered by Otomans 1453.
"Mistake"? We couldn't do it, the ottomans had stabilised their front on the Catalca line(A very narrow line) and Malaria was ripping through the bulgarian forces.
Not to mention we still hadn't capture Adrianople, or that non of the great powers supported us in siezing it.
@@Angel-qo3ot or troya
I won the Second Balkan war in HOI4 Great War Mod 😏
Crusader Boy 9000 same here, I also beat almost all Balkan nations in kaiserreich
@@jorji6645 i like the uniforms in great war mod
Crusader Boy 9000 same here but my problem is the lack of proper generals and field marshals and that goes for other nations like Serbia and others
what are you talking about BITCH!!i dont understand
katharma katharma were talking about Hearts of Iron IV, specifically a mod that takes us back to before the events of ww1 and even the Balkan wars
Bulgarians in 1913: we will get Macedonia (failed)
Bulgarians in 1915-1918: we will get Macedonia (failed)
Bulgarians in 1941-1944: we will get Macedonia (failed)
Lesson learned: if you hit the head against the wall nothing will happen to the wall but some damage will happen to the head
We'll try again
I think the wall is starting to crack!
We will try again!
Macedonia is Bulgaria!
@Hfccf Na of of my f ofc he means Fyrom "north macedonia"
You forgot to mention that the Greeks had lived on these lands for thousands of years before the other neighbors came along. A significant information. Also the region of Macedonia is a major part of Greek history and it's not something you just give away.
As it is part of Bulgarian history, however 1 simple visit there will tell you how little Macedonia shares with Greece and how much with Bulgaria. From the language to the customs. The land might’ve been part of Greek history but the people are Bulgarian by blood
If we look at land, then all of Western and Southern Europe belong to Italy, Central Europe Austria and Germany, Eastern Europe to Poland and Russia. Land doesn't matter, the people do! Macedonians are basically brainwashed to believe they aren't Bulgarian.
Macedonia is Bulgarian just one visit can make that obvious
@@MyPokergirl Biologically, the land is a mixed lot. A slow transition from Greek to Bulgarian and everything in between.
@@MyPokergirl If only because the Bulgars slaughtered the original Greek population. And then the wheel turned and again it is Greek. What are you whining about, honestly? The Greeks have always had the strongest claim to Macedonia - its theirs by right and by blood. The rest of you are squatters.