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Balkan Wars
The Balkan Wars were two conflicts that took place in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe in 1912 and 1913.By the early 20th century, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia, the countries of the Balkan League, had achieved their independence from the Ottoman Empire, but large parts of their ethnic populations remained under ethnic sovereignty...
Timeline of Events
1912
10.8.1912
First Balkan War begins: Montenegro declares war against Turkey.
10.17.1912
Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
10.18.1912
The First Balkan War begins.
1913
2.21.1913
Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.