The First Balkan War - Explained in 10 minutes

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Kevin MacLeod - All This
Kevin MacLeod - Five Armies
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♦Sources :
Erickson, Edward J. (2003). Defeat in Detail: The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912-1913
Fotakis, Zisis (2005). Greek Naval Strategy and Policy, 1910-1919. London: Routledge
www.britannica.com/topic/Balk...
www.history.com/this-day-in-h...
#History #Documentary

[@stewiegriffin6503]

My grand-grand father fought in WW 1. My grand father fought in WW 2. My father fought in 90s Yugoslavian war. I hope I will be skipped.

[@HereToComment24]

Are you Serb?

[@stewiegriffin6503]

no. WW1- Austrian-Hungarian WW2 - Partisans 90s - Bosnian Army

[@just_soco2422]

@@stewiegriffin6503 will see

[@nenadrajic9740]

Same here buddy, hope it skips us

[@nutmaster7242]

It seems you have a military back round but that doesn't mean you have to go shoot people or get shot if you don't want to

[@stara_garda_3]

If you do a video about Balkan wars, be sure to expect another Balkan war in the comments.

[@i.g.m2884]

Haha exactly, we are triggered easily

[@johnshelton1141]

The Balkan League should have Italy's war with Turkey in 1911. The Bulgarians should have concentrated their forces in the east to take Constantinople.

[@west8480]

lmaooo

[@josh0g]

If every country in the world claimed the borders they had at their height, then the whole world would look like the Balkans have at their worst.

[@massimoesr9903]

@@johnshelton1141 you probably do not know, but the Bulgarian Tsar Ferdinard has had ordered special costume to celebrate his coronation of Constantinople. BUT the UK did not think that way and as usual covered the ottomans. It was not so much about Constantinople but for the Dardanelles - way too important!

[@Vasil-of2ki]

“One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans” - Otto von Bismarck

[@onyxd4450]

He wasn't Wrong

[@Daniel-bb9qj]

*von

[@Vasil-of2ki]

@@Daniel-bb9qj thanks for the correction

[@aleksijcvetkovc241]

War would happen anyway. Woth or without Gavrilo Princip

[@user-fm1ht7od4n]

The war happened because of Germanic complexes because they wanted natural resources, they wanted a redistribution of power and colonies.

[@dystopianalphaomega609]

“Montenegro declared war first”. Guys, where’s Leeroy?

[@GAtTheTop]

Dystopian AlphaOmega LEEEEEEEEEEEEEROY JENKINS

[@-et37-]

10/10

[@revert6417]

Leeroy Jenkinović

[@neHCuoHEpa8888]

They have balls :)

[@vice7965]

When whole Balkan was conquered, Montenegro fight Otomans. Half country was never conquered by Otomans.

[@user-vh6gw1hr6c]

A joke summing up the Balkans: One day, a magical fairy (Samodiva) visits a farmer in the Balkans. She flies up to him and declares, "I will grant you any wish that your heart desires. But know that whatever you wish for, I will grant the same to your neighbour but twice as much!" The farmer thought for a moment and then said, "Take out one of my eyes!"

[@osmanbey3281]

Lol!! Great one XD

[@makybox]

That's funny because in 1014 Eastern Roman Emperor Basil II(The Bulgar Slayer) captured 15,000 Bulgarians and fully blinded 99 of every 100 men, leaving each man with one eye to lead the other 99 back to their ruler Tsar Samuel. Upon seeing his blinded army Samuel had a stroke and died two days later. The First Bulgarian Empire would end four years later in 1018.

[@user-vh6gw1hr6c]

@@makybox Yes! I remember being taught that at school :) Did not notice the irony until you pointed it out.

[@makybox]

@@user-vh6gw1hr6c cool :D

[@mikeoxlong1395]

Balkans summed up in one joke.

[@Knowledgia]

A correction : First of all thanks to your comments I was able to see the mistake : The city of Xanthi was misplaced in Macedonia instead of Thrace. I am very sorry about that. I wanted to put Xanthi on map then I didn't, but instead of showing the town of Kozani, I copied the title from Xanthi without realising. I am very sorry for that, and I hope it will not trigger you so much :) .

[@congarone]

Serbia didnt lose any battle in both Balkan wars

[@JasonFilippou]

Thank you for recognizing the mistake. Also, the third "foot" of the Chalkidiki peninsula, featuring Mt Athos which is of great religious importance to the Greek Orthodox Church, appears to be somewhat disproportionately enlarged.

[@seriousstuff7059]

"Decisive Italian Victory in Tripolitania"?? Mustafa Kemal's and Enver Pasha's irregular warfare was able to defeat far superior Italian forces (since mainland Empire was disconnected to the warzone, Mustafa Kemal and Enver Pasha were sent undercover to organize a local force against Italians). War was won on land, however, lost in the negotiating table due to the Italian invasion of Dodecanese islands. After Italians failed in Tripolitania, they used their far superior navy (against almost non-existent Ottoman Navy at the time) to invade the Dodecanese, and to force Ottoman government to let go Tripolitania. Just wanted to point out this minor mistake.

[@cyrusthegreat1893]

You did well, buddy!👍🏻

[@ChrisDynamo]

Too much apologising.

[@nondvcordvco4244]

I'm Bulgarian and I don't hate anyone, matter of fact I like our neighbors, all of us felt like we were screwed up by our neighbors and we are right, all of us suffered and only lost by this wars. History is history can't change it, learn to respect each other and live in peace!

[@mcveigh1579]

Finally, a peaceful Balkan commentor

[@user-jb5te1lf3x]

Не сери!

[@fazedudu8473]

Dude this is so funny coming from a bulgarian

[@JustSlav98]

@@fazedudu8473 damn , making fun of the country that gave the world the cyrillic alphabet ...

[@JustSlav98]

@@user-jb5te1lf3x Be thankful to the bulgarians for giving you their alphabet ....

[@zoranilic4024]

The most imported thing that haven't mentioned in the movie is that England back up Turkey against rebellion on Balkan

[@chuckvader1656]

Zoran Ilić That’s true. Britain always supported Turkey because they had big influence there and are able to control the straits. This way access to Mediterranean is denied to Russia. When Turkey doesn’t own territories around straits they most likely will belong to Bulgaria (closest country). Bulgarians was under influence from Russia - common people and Germany - the Tsar and government. Both cases are not acceptable for Britain. That way 35 years earlier Britain and Germany were cause for Berlin treaty in 1878. With this they denied big and strong Bulgarian state with major influence from Russia (biggest player in the war against Turkey, which liberate Bulgaria). After that Britain continued to support Turkey but Bulgarians turn to Germany (Tsar and promise for united Bulgaria).

[@alexxela8956]

I think England didn't want to be forced into a fight.

[@chuckvader1656]

SonofZiezi yes.Influence from Russia - common people and influence from Germany the Tsar and government. Both cases are not acceptable for Britain.

[@asd131q7]

@SonofZiezi What made you think we liked knyaz Alexander (foreign dictator) or Stefan Stambolov who was not killed from Russia? Stambolov deserved his death big time.

[@nestororiginal2344]

I think what you didn't unterstand is that the ottomans were unable to Stop the Greek rebels.

[@abdullahsagga7195]

There is a term for that called Balkanization, it is when a region broken up into small regions or states that are uncooperative and hostile toward each other. It is used often in geopolitical texts.

[@PsyMOONze]

It's stupid term, because it should exist only if there is no major powers influence on Balkan regions. If our relations are the way they are just because of our mentality. I hope that you understand me.

[@MethaTugan]

@@PsyMOONze Nope its not stupid, its right What happend after the ottomans? Balkan was just a shithole for years to come. War after war and who was suffering? The Locals. And you now what? Its still did not recover.

[@ilovecops5499]

You had too much corn flakes again?

[@gamingthisera6339]

@@MethaTugan wtf are talking about?, The Balkan is in better state than turkey, even the turk starting to migrating to balkan

[@user-ci7vu7eo9w]

@@MethaTugan before ottomans balkan states were prosperious.ottomans destroyed it all with they backward and islamic culture

[@nox5629]

Explained in 10 minutes I can explain in couple words Bulgaria : I want to be independent Ottoman:NO Serbia:AY HE SAY N WORD Dead

[@Welche-Sosse-Abi]

Guten Tag, Osmanisches Reich, my Fräänd. J-O-I-N U-S!! !!

[@Kizil69]

@@Welche-Sosse-Abi Ofc Kraut

[@Welche-Sosse-Abi]

mr. shade69 Neeey ??

[@Kizil69]

@@Welche-Sosse-Abi Kraut? bu seyden geliyor adi neydi? ahh kalingrad

[@Welche-Sosse-Abi]

mr. shade69 sjsjjsjsjsjsjsjsjsj

[@dinglerdangler]

the additional sound effects are really nice. makes things more lively and interesting aswell as memorable

[@Seraphil1]

Hot take: the fall of Byzantium caused WW1

[@bogdanserban3792]

The fall of Byzantium made Hentai.

[@geordiejones5618]

It feels the Ottomans should have granted independence and then waited to build strength and reassert claim over the Balkans. Probably dissuades Italy from invading North Africa and puts the Central Powers in a much better position of strength on the eve of WWI. But maybe the Ottoman Empire was doomed no matter what.

[@gordonwest5505]

Good hot take Seraphil. It ain't gonna happen again. But there are some "structural" probs you guys still have. Every country has them. I'm trying to have a good day in the USA. We are dealing with some f*cked up stuff. It isn't pretty.

[@josh0g]

mmmm... I would just say the idea of Empire caused it all. Colonial Empires, in particular, directly caused WWI.

[@Jrookus]

Seraphil1 no shite

[@micahistory]

I have heard so much about these wars but I never actually learned what really happened during the war and what battles were fought. Thank you for making this

[@Westcoast_Italians_Cali_Love]

My first job after graduating from high school 15 years ago was at a clothing department store. I worked part-time to put myself thru college. For one reason or another, there was a very large number of Eastern European immigrants from Serbia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Hungary, and a few from Croatia who I also worked with there. Despite some of their religious and cultural differences, they all got along with each other very well, and most of them were able to converse with and understand each other’s languages more than I expected (some of their languages were even mutually intelligible, in fact). All of them were extremely nice and supportive towards me, especially since I was the youngest and newest one of the department crew, while the rest had been working there for years already. I have a lot of respect and admiration for Balkans people. I hope that despite all of your differences, and painful memories from the past, that you will move in the direction of reconciliation, and realize that you are all more similar than you are different. It’s possible. I’ve seen it with my own eyes. Much love and God bless you all ☺️

[@zb7293]

Human_Guinea_ Pig_ ❤❤❤

[@locogrifa]

Thank you for your wishes and Good luck to you

[@Westcoast_Italians_Cali_Love]

locogrifa Of course! Same to you! ☺️

[@PCGamerUnion]

Are you from Germany

[@donedeal725]

@perakole The radioactivity you speak about resides in Belgrade. Fact!

[@apostolosdollas9219]

Very nice video, thank you! Two minor points: The city of Xanthi is not as shown on the map (it is SW of Adrianople, way further NE than shown), roughly where Xanthi is shown most likely it is Kozani. Also, I understand that a 10-minute video cannot have much detail, but I would like to point out that the successes of the Greek army in Epirus and Macedonia were not due to the laxity of Ottoman defenses but due to a combination of battleworthiness, strategy (by Prince Constantine and his top-notch staff), good timing, and superb Government by none other than Eleftherios Venizelos (e.g. the capture of Thessaloniki was by a direct command by Venizelos - Prince Constantine wanted to go towards Monastir). Case in point is the battle of Bizani, which you mention, and which was against very heavily fortified Ottoman defenses (designed by German generals and engineers). There were also other major battles, like Sarantaporo, etc.

[@vasil.kamdzhalov]

For all the countries was skipped but I get your point and I'm happy that you are proud of your achievements.

[@lazar1132]

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💪🏽

[@ardavelicandeniz6331]

No greece

[@augustuscaesar8287]

@@ardavelicandeniz6331 No Greece!? Nah. No Turkey. Make Anatolia Greek Again.

[@ardavelicandeniz6331]

@@augustuscaesar8287 very funny balkans get ottoman

[@augustuscaesar8287]

@@ardavelicandeniz6331 Not after WWI they don't 🤣

[@panos3483]

♥️🇨🇾♥️🇬🇪♥️🇦🇲♥️☦️🕊️

[@MartinQ-bl6co]

Welcome to the balkans, the most peaceful people on earth and all love each other, just read the comments and you will see :)

[@gigasigma8373]

We dont hate eachother. We hate Serbia.

[@SilvanOgnjeni]

@@gigasigma8373 because Serbia is the most ancient and strongest!

[@gigasigma8373]

@@SilvanOgnjeni no thats not true... serbia isnt the oldest. Albania has monuments older then serbia. Serbia is strong atm in the balkan due to its increasement in economy but not the strongest.

[@rtchakar]

@@SilvanOgnjeni BECAUSE THEY ARE BUTCHER OF THE BALKAN

[@Vladimir123_]

serbia sucks they kill many people

[@davidyoung2111]

WOW! Thank you SOOOOOO much for this video. I'm tired of KZbin channels that only tell details of the biggest wars and only of the biggest battles. Please keep doing ones on the lesser known but important battles. You are quickly becoming my favorite channel. It's about time for to start a Patreon acc. for this channel.

[@wahhabmiah3270]

I can't get enough of these mini- documentaries, I'm a closet geek (nerd). Very well made highly enjoyable.

[@veshtitsaaudioworks8736]

My grandma's uncle was one of the officers at the siege of Adrianopole. He was a captain in the Bulgarian army. He died of his wounds at the age of 26. There is a picture of him in a crudely put-together casket on the battlefield. You can see all his men around him with just the most awful, morose expression you can imagine.

[@MakedonskiBulgarin]

such a brave man, btw im macedonian bulgarian, from vadar macedonia

[@JustSlav98]

@@MakedonskiBulgarin so you admit that Macedonians are bulgarians ? 😂

[@MakedonskiBulgarin]

@@JustSlav98 уеѕ

[@none2912]

@@MakedonskiBulgarin Respect for admitting the truth brat

[@biancamarialazar483]

I can't wait for the second balkan war video, these are much more entertaining than actual history lessons

[@MANS4ON-Ce137]

Great video, it would be nice if you could also add topographic data to the map, it would give more insight into what's going on.

[@sangitayadav6607]

Amazing video....was very helpful thank you for doing this..😁

[@gropatapouf5998]

I'm croatian, you have done a lot of research great work thank you! I'd just like to ask you if you can leave a spot down the screen to let us know, at all time, which year it is. I got lost a few times.

[@zbstepps765]

First Balkan War: Ottoman Gangbang Second Balkan War: Bulgarian Gangbang

[@der.mihail]

@@riowhi7 What do u mean?

[@user-jh9nx6tl1n]

@@der.mihail its a meme.

[@Penyo9]

ZB >:V . I AM WATCHING YOU!

[@user-kx9ne8mw7g]

WW1: Serbian gangbang WW2: Serbian, Montenegrian (yugoslavian), romanian and greek gangbang

[@user-kq8bv7rf3t]

Third Balkan war: Serbian gangbang

[@malamatinas1]

Where are the “ Macedonians” during all this? Ooh I forgot... they weren’t “Macedonians” yet ;)

[@gayflannelshirtguy698]

lmao they were here, they captured kratovo and ohrid and later they gave them to the serbian army thinking they are their's brother

[@gayflannelshirtguy698]

there was much activities by the macedonians and so many uprisings from 1800s till 1913

[@kringe5459]

@@gayflannelshirtguy698 tf are u talking about Macedonians are Bulgarians. Also, Bulgaria captured Ohrid for 24 hours also we took almost Istanbul.

[@gayflannelshirtguy698]

@@kringe5459 idk at that time most of them didnt feel like bulgarians thats why they wanted idenpendent state

[@user-xu9xl3dh3b]

@@gayflannelshirtguy698 XD

[@billpapa4252]

Look I'm Greek and this map is inaccurate. Xanthi is a Greek city at the east of Thessaloniki and not south-west of it.

[@kafaerlik5392]

In Turkish we call it Selanik

[@Johnny12575]

@@kafaerlik5392 Thessaloniki has existed since 315 B.C. and has been called Thessaloniki ever since. So what Turks call it today doesn't matter, even though Selanik is just a derivative of Thessaloniki

[@williamdavis9562]

@@Johnny12575 It seems to matter when cities are conquered. What is that city which used to be called Constantinople called now? You sound like Native Indians who claim New York's name really shouldn't be called New York because 1000 years ago it was something else. Stop being ridiculous. According to your logic not one name of any city in Australia would be legitimate or 90% of cities around the world.

[@nickgrigoriou1643]

@@williamdavis9562 Thessalonike is in Greek hands now, like it was 3000 years ago. You can not compare this with Native Americans which got wiped out. So the official name of the city, is Thessalonike, a synthetic word of Thessalo + Nike which means ''Victory of Thessalians'', an ancient Greek tribe.

[@williamdavis9562]

@@nickgrigoriou1643 If I know one thing from human history it is that nothing ever stays the same.

[@FuuuckOffff]

Superb, straightforward documentary.

[@Sim4oo]

In Bulgaria,the resolve to reunify all lands lost to the Berlin Conference was incredibly strong. In fact,Bulgarian resolve and determination to fight and die for the Motherland and reclaim the territory with a majority of Bulgarian population has been the reason why we were capable of mobilizing up to 1 milion men at the end of World War One. Bulgaria had around 4.5 milion people living in the final days of WW1,meaning that almost up to 25 % of the population was sent to the front and one man fighting with the determination of 10,just so that we could've reclaimed what we believed was rightfully ours in the past centuries.Now,it's all over,we can only contemplate and learn from the mistakes that were made in the pass. In Bulgaria,we have a special day to remember the awful mistake that was made after the betrayal and attack on our former allies. On the 16th of June,1913 the order to attack our neighbours on the former Western front came from non other than our Tsar ( King ).From that moment on,the 16th of June would always be remembered as the Day of Criminal Madness in Bulgaria.

[@TheHunterOfYharnam]

Well it was Bulgaria who betrayed us.And to be fair thrace and macedonia (all of it) rightfully belong only to Greece

[@Dourios_96]

@@TheHunterOfYharnam not all only the south part (to the city of monastir) the northern part (vardaska) should had been given to Bulgaria since 80% percent of it was (and still is BULGARIAN)

[@Dourios_96]

That was the other way around you attacked first your former allies Serbia and Greece as for the rest their mainly true

[@TheHunterOfYharnam]

@@Dourios_96 i don't care the bulgarians came into this region it aint theirs

[@Dourios_96]

@@TheHunterOfYharnam whether we like it or not the population ethnicity play a very large role in the definition of the modern borders nowdays

[@ThinkerYT]

nice vid mate! keep them coming :)

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

[@agent_vucko]

Some very important things are missed , whole serbian army commanded by Stepa Stepanovic was sent to help bulgarians at adrianopole , serbs have reach the sea but under ultimatum they have retreated

[@KHK001]

Great! your videos getting better and better 😃

[@Teidvat4]

Fantastic video. Greetings from Bulgaria to all my Balkan brothers and sisters. And to be honest I don't want to see the Second Balkan war video... lol 😁

[@user-yl3yl4hf2s]

предател

[@Teidvat4]

@@user-yl3yl4hf2s Комплексар

[@user-ef8ni2gy6q]

Guys, watch your back... Bulgarian is here....

[@SnakeP1tPoetry]

Greetings and respect from Serbia to you Bulgarian brother,lets spread some love,we had enough hate for a couple of lifetimes!

[@aleksk4151]

@@SnakeP1tPoetry you are a good man

[@Ejeby]

Wow, this was so good!

[@royalramz6661]

i watched this video for both entertainment and learning because the Balkan wars are gonna be in my history exam tomorrow lol thx for making this video's they are very interesting

[@bozhidartzanev7496]

Hello Knowledgia, Thats probably the best video about the First Balkan war out there. I sincerely hope the next one will be just as good. One thing I would suggest is that you should implement some ethnographic maps about the disputed regions. It is not greed for land that drove our ship towards the catastrophe, but the goal to unite our nation. Sincerely, a fellow Bulgarian

[@Davian_Thule]

Part 2 soon. You are doing great work.

[@manojbhardwaj3938]

thanks for this video.....it really helps me a lot.....

[@majidnavaz1]

Great commentary.. 👍

[@seamusscullion1596]

This is one Battle royal i would love to play in

[@greekswaglord-dathistoryla201]

Wait until the second round. Then its like 4 Thanos against one spider man

[@ra-ge]

@@greekswaglord-dathistoryla201 ha ha not spider man, probably Iron man

[@greekswaglord-dathistoryla201]

@@ra-ge :)

[@diegoskater626]

wow first time I look for a video about this topic and the video was uploaded just today

[@eltacmansur]

Knowledgia : The First Balkan War - Explained in 10 minutes 30 seconds : am i joke to you?

[@varalikakatara]

Very nicely explained 👍

[@cczz0103]

Thank you for doing this

[@manov_denis]

The second Balkan war is very tricky, be careful ;)

[@Alexander99602]

Yeah, where Bulgaria attacked Serbia and Greece and Romania backstabed Bulgaria so not to invade Romania in case Bulgaria won, because let's be clear, if Bulgaria would had won the war, which they could, then they would had turned their attention to Romanian Dobrogea, that strip of land you can see extending off of Romania to the sea, and take it. Which was, of course, not alright to Romania

[@manov_denis]

Alexandru Tănase Yup, Serbia made its job. They formed a secret alliance against Bulgaria, because the could loose in a potential war with the bulgarians on their own. Serbia made the things look like Bulgaria was the aggressor, due to the occupation of Macedonia, but the reality was hidden very well. P.S. I can talk so much about the balkan wars, i love history

[@overlord4404]

@@manov_denis and what is that "hidden" reality?

[@overlord4404]

@@Alexander99602 bulgaria could hardly win a war, they attacked serbian positions in a surprise attack and lost the battle, not to mention that they have promised Silistra to Romania after the first balkan war, which they failed to act upon

[@starhawck]

@@overlord4404 Ugh no, if hypothetically Bulgaria fought only Greece and Serbia, then Bulgaria would've won. Firstly that was never going to happen, since Romania had already declared it's intentions to enter a future war if Bulgaria had done started something up and secondly, the defeated Ottoman Army was finally mobilised in the european holdings of the empire and was ready to start an attack. But, for the sake of hypotheticals, Bulgaira would've won. Bulgaria broke through Serbia and was winning, same with Greece, the problem is that due to unrully soldiers and broken lines of communications, Bulgaria attacked Serbia with only 2 armies, in contrast to the planned original four. The other two sat and did nothing at the Northwest bulgarian border. But even without those armies, Bulgaria could've still won it, even phyrically, or atleast against Greece, as the greek armies were trapped in the Struma River Valley and were moments away from being surrounded, the saving grace being Romania and Turkey. So no, Bulgaira had it's chances.

[@Caloxiert5980]

Good video 👍🏼

[@thesaintperson5467]

Great video

[@kapasvonkapas]

You should have included the extended naval campaign..The naval operations did not cause huge loss of life, but was of capital importance for the outcome of the war

[@slavzahariev3901]

Indeed, Chief of the General staff of Bulgarian Army at at timte in his memoars after the war claimed that without Greek navy the war would not have been won. Due to underdeveloped railway network Ottomans could only have sent reinforcements through the Agean sea. Which was blocked by Greek navy. This insured numerical superriority of Allied troops.

[@andreibradu6842]

Great❤ Soo the next is "The second balkan war"

[@greekswaglord-dathistoryla201]

Lol aka know as "The Great Bulgarian gangbang xddd" no offense btw

[@pride2411]

@@greekswaglord-dathistoryla201 im from bulgaria and its true

[@ra-ge]

None taken, it's bulgarian politicians to blame, for the lust of more teritory especially Macedonia that bulgarian's love so much. We shoud't attack our allies and drouve back the turks back in Anatolia, but like in the middle ages history repeat itself and we fought between ourselfs again. So the turks reconqer part in Europe

[@thanospappos1078]

@Philip II Wtf are you saying?

[@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt]

Phillip II# You have a beautiful Greek name !!! LOL

[@gonzalesfrederic6213]

Excellent quality

[@slavicindo5763]

''Никой не вярваше, че само за месец Българите ще са на своя път до Константинопол'' ''Nobody believed that just for a month, the Bulgarians would be on their way to Constantinople''

[@notimportantperson6382]

Thanks to Serbian army at Edirne(Adrianopol)

[@slavicindo5763]

@@notimportantperson6382 yeahhh, edirne didn't fall til like 6 months into the war

[@doomdrake123]

If only we prevailed at Chataldzha...

[@trashposs3849]

@@doomdrake123 You think capturing constantinople is that easy?

[@doomdrake123]

@@trashposs3849 Chataldzha was the final line of defense of Constantinople, so yes I think it.

[@pedrocardoso4329]

Bulgaria: Now i'm gonna fight my allies and be the greatest nation ever! Romania: I'm about to end this man whole career

[@narutomgm]

1916 Romania: Now i'm gonna join the allies and be the greatest nation ever! Bulgaria: Marches into the Romanian capital.

[@T.F.BlackStar]

Looks like the tables turns.

[@kaybevang536]

Husky The dog I Have the High Ground !!!!

[@Nasko9806]

Bulgaria was just claiming the bulgarian talking land

[@VersusARCH]

@@narutomgm and two years later Serbs and French broke the line and approached Bulgarian capital - instant armistice (last central power to join, first to sue for peace).

[@kinginexile7139]

Awesome video! Love from Bulgaria!

[@kinginexile7139]

@Philip II LMAO CAN'T WAIT 😍😍😍

[@curleddoughnuts6857]

You guys committed genocide, how is it “awesome”?!

[@kinginexile7139]

@@curleddoughnuts6857 That must be the most ridiculous statement I've heard in a long time lol

[@curleddoughnuts6857]

King In Exile but it’s true, everyone knows it’s true.

[@kinginexile7139]

@@curleddoughnuts6857 Literally no historian ever has mentioned ANYTHING about Bulgarians committing genocide against Ottomans. And by the way...a Turk bitching about genocide??? The irony

[@mickeymouse1697]

The Bulgarians were in a position to get the Grand Prize , the Eternal City of CONSTANTINOPLE and put them in the Top Position to drive deeper into Anatolia . Instead they turned on the Christian Orthodox Allies and tried to wrestle Macedonia and Thessaloniki from them .

[@stevekook-xw3is]

That is our worst mistake in history. For 14 centuries we haven't done more stupid thing. If we stuck with allies we could've made proper revenge on Ottomans and come out of ww1 as good winners. Instead just Serbia and Romania made themselves winners but both suffered huge deaths. Greece almost made it a win but lost in 1922 war Vs Turkey. We Bulgarians just with pointless effort. For 3 years kept entente powers in Southern Macedonia for nothing really. Nothing was gained. Only enemies among every neighbour. So the second Balkan war really is the lowest type of decision made

[@stanbatakarata6081]

​@@stevekook-xw3is1000000% wrong.Maybe good " partners for so smalls army haves lion pie.Bulgarian army is 50-55% for all Coalicion normal haves big pie 🥧

[@gaborczirjak4172]

Very good documentary about history of Balkan War !

[@nassosster5213]

A mention of the naval engagements would make the video perfect

[@dimosthenisevangelidis7628]

Xanthi go home. You're drunk.

[@panagiotiss1473]

Το φιλαράκι που έκανε το βίντεο μάλλον μπέρδεψε την Ξάνθη με την Κατερίνη 😂😂😂😂

[@obedinenie]

The population in that period was Bulgarian! Lucky you that all the time great powers as UK keep your ass, otherwise your army was sh..t

[@mk9650]

@@obedinenie then why was the Greek army cheered in enthusiasm when they entered Thessaloniki?

[@slavkoostojic2514]

You explained it very well in ten minutes. It seems to me that you paid less attention to Serbia in relation to other countries that participated, the first that comes to mind that you did not mention the Serbian contribution under Stepo Stepanović in the occupation of Adrianople among other things. All the best and keep up the good work !

[@avalen4399]

Serbia did little in this war.

[@slavkoostojic2514]

@@avalen4399 Serbian contribution under Stepo Stepanović in the occupation of Adrianople among other things.

[@southamptonfan3460]

Serbia really did little here . My friend from Serbia said it him self . We shell free little territories ! Although Serbia helped a lot . You cannot deny that compared to Bulgaria and Greece . They simply didn’t do as much .

[@elemperadordemexico]

Hello from a Mexican coming to see what's going on. Have a great day everyone in the Balkans.

[@zagorthegreat]

Kaiser Méxicano Hello from a Macedonian. 🇲🇰

[@marny3559]

@@zagorthegreat That's a strange Greek flag.

[@menegaki1]

@@zagorthegreat A Slav re malaka you're a fk Slav not Macedonian only Greeks can be Macedonians FUCK U ASSHOLE.

[@zagorthegreat]

@@menegaki1 You Macedonian? How some greek could be Macedonian? Only Macedonians can be Macedonians. Greeks have Turkish roots and genes. Slavs (Venetes) are Macedonians.

[@charlesandrews2360]

@@menegaki1 We are all mutts whose common ancestors came from Africa.

[@theartofwarapplied1738]

1:20 That green clock graphic was an awesome touch.

[@yoelv.o.krisstiawan5838]

I don't know about you guys, but this video feels like one of Epic History TV's videos. Just awesome.

[@cht4263]

Back in the day it was called with its Greek name, Constantinople not Istanbul. The name changed after the fall of the ottoman empire and the creation of Turkey. You say Constantinople but you write Istanbul. Anyway great video thank you for the information

[@nexhdetbellaja3159]

Greak non egzists they are 80% asimilated Albanian

[@nexhdetbellaja3159]

@EREN ARSLAN Konstantin wass Dardan Ilyrian and spok Dardanian Ilyrian Albanian Language...

[@DarkPyrox99]

Greek Anatolia was like British India. Colony, not ethnic

[@cht4263]

@@DarkPyrox99 Perhaps you should read some books ...

[@nexhdetbellaja3159]

First ILYRIAN ALBANIAN ❤🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱

[@srdjan272able]

Thank you!

[@stanleyqc2244]

Excellent video! Very informative even for a Bulgarian :)

[@panicon2]

Thank you for the video! However, you should know that the pronunciation of names(cities etc) and the graphics (maps and banners) leave much to be desired!

[@ivagjini5670]

he is a dick head ..he learn this on google and want to make a documentary

[@Filaretiioannis]

@@ivagjini5670 you didn't exist as a country yet.

[@rayx1679]

My Grandfather fought in WW2 for the British Commonwealth. Im afraid that I might be in a war since I heard a quote "Talent and genes can sometimes skip a generation".

[@alimetin4387]

you should be afraid. I am Turkish. There's a ridiculous culture here. Let's say we went out and declared war on the whole world today. they all start dancing. Why do you think this happened all these years? and it won't last long because of the spoiled attitude of the Greeks. He brings soldiers to a tiny piece of land of 10 km close to the Turkish border and says this is mine. a spoiled child. It won't take long if these dejavu don't come to an end.I hope there will be no war. but the whole world is increasing military investments. crazy leaders are at it again. and now guns bombs are very effective and dangerous. I hope everyone is calm and this does not happen again. It is interesting to see everything in retrospect. but these things are very heavy and very difficult. Experiencing them will not be as enjoyable as watching them.

[@hikodzu]

Damn so much heat

[@sayan1667]

Be very careful with part two and the war between Bulgaria and Greece. It all started on the border with the customs officers. The 2nd Balkan war is very tricky. Good job for this video! 👍🏼

[@MegaKirile]

600000 army, Bulgaria was a beast back then!

[@sebastianstrauss9156]

Yeah they were strong they even beat Serbia Ortodox brother ass to calm them down that they do not think they are stronger.

[@aleksk4151]

Bulgarians would have easily taken Thessaloniki from Greeks but they were distracted with Turks at the time . Greeks were lucky, Thessaloniki would not be Greek had the Bulgarians send their whole army in their direction

[@Leo73srb]

@@sebastianstrauss9156 ahahahaha, go learn something or just ask google for the second balkan war

[@sebastianstrauss9156]

@@Leo73srb Read this en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbo-Bulgarian_War

[@pasxalisdoboudis2714]

@@aleksk4151 Dude you did send your army there. The Turkish commander of Thessaloniki just gave it to us without a fight before you reached it.

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

"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

[@vmro9446]

Jane Sandanski went in with the committee VMRO to Salonika before the Bulgarians or the Greeks the people of Macedonia believed in him not in the Bulgarians or Greeks. Those who come to liberate us (the people of Macedonia) will actually come to enslave us. Jane Sandanski

[@vmro9446]

Macedonia for the Macedonians 👌🏻

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

@@vmro9446 Jane Sandanski was a Bulgarian, I saw him in the photo with the Bulgarian Military. The one Mario Showed was Cropped, and he didn't even show Sandanski...he showed the wrong guy. My Bulgarian friend showed me. Search for it, its everywhere online 😉 He was PROUD Bulgarian ;)

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

@@vmro9446 Macedonians always & FOREVER Greeks! 🇬🇷 Continue to CRY now 🤡🤣

[@vmro9446]

@@SpartanLeonidas1821 His very close and loyal friend Todor Panitsa said: - "Who told you that I'm a Bulgarian?! We, the IMRO are not Bulgarians! We are Macedonians! I'm astonished that you, as a Greek communist say something like that. I must explain it to you - You insult us when you call us Bulgarians!" - Todor Panitsa interviewed by Elefterios Stavridis:'Τα Παρασκηνια του ΚΚΕ, Athens, 1953, pg. 209. "Sandanski was an Apostle of the Macedonian nation! ...He claimed that the Macedonians are neither Bulgarians, Serbs, Vlachs nor Greeks, but a distinct ethnicity, and they all are descendants of the people of Alexander the Great and Philip II of Macedonia, who also weren't Greeks, but their enemies, that defeated and subjugated them." -

[@VersusARCH]

8:50 You failed to acknowledge that Serbian Second Army (2 divisions + some brand new heavy artillery) took part in the capture od Adrianopole.

[@nestor_srb]

Amazing video, but i would like to point put small mistake. As shown in the video, Serbia and Montenegro captured territories of todays Albania. Those lands went to Serbia, but since Austro-Hungary feared to let Serbs have sea access, they forced them to give up on those territories.

[@bbb-pj7tu]

Yep captured those territories after they corrupted one commander. During the fighting serbs and montenegrins left 15.000 dead to a guerrilla force.

[@nestor_srb]

@@bbb-pj7tu source?

[@bbb-pj7tu]

@@nestor_srb Check "Siege of Scutari" in Wikipedia

[@bbb-pj7tu]

@@nestor_srb Of 1913 so you won't mistake it

[@nestor_srb]

@@bbb-pj7tu Reading Serbian and English wikipedia: His 2 servants killed commander of defence, but continued to fight. He surrender later on not because he was bribed, but because he wanted to keep his men and himself alive, since it was clear they would lose the siege.

[@mariosathens1]

The Spaniards closed the Gates to the West and the Balkan nations (Bulgarians, Serbs, Greeks and Romanians) to the East...

[@Dhhu333]

@Anthony Tsatsis middle east deserves to be bombed, but not now, only after all oil fields gets dry

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

@@Just_another_Euro_dude Montenegrins are often overlooked or even unpronounced in history but their actions is one of the first reasons for the fall of the ottomans

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

@Strainul Misterios they are still in Europe because the Western Europeans didn't had a traumatic vengeful need on the ottomans like for example the germans or the russians. If it was the case the ottomans wouldn't exist, just Russia alone or some muhammad ali boy were enough to destroy this empire for good

[@GAtTheTop]

@@Just_another_Euro_dude Nobody is overlooking or undermining the actions of the Montenegrins. They are per default mentioned when he said “Serbs”

[@justinh6651]

montenegro is one of those nations that everyone knows can't do shit compared to their neighbors but has larger balls than all of them

[@goxyeagle8446]

They are actually Serbs or to be precise the best of Serbs

[@revert6417]

@@goxyeagle8446 Well said sir

[@markokrstic8795]

True, they held back the Austrians so that Serbian soldiers can escape to fight another day. But truthfully, every single nation in the Balkans has balls... except maybe Croatia... Nah, they have balls too, a bit smaller balls, but they still have them.

[@kristianbata3242]

Montenegrins are Serbs, they speak and wrote in Serbian and are orthodox. Unfortunately they’re too proud to be called Serbian, instead they prefer to be Crno Gorci. Njegos would be ashamed at what’s going on in Montenegro today.

[@kalaitzideschrestos224]

@Atilla GokTurk our balls were fighting in the mountains against Ottoman Pashas

[@vaggelis39]

@Knowledgia Good job my friend really great but please change the Xanthi town with Kozani because Xanthi is not there is in THRACE.

[@vikke2013]

Nice! I just subscribed! What program did you use to make the animations in the video?

[@crossline7]

These videos are very informative and well done. However, just to give some constructive criticism, there are a lot of grammatical mistakes throughout the videos. Just one example, in this video at 2:02, the speaker says ´´19th century´´ when it should be ´´The 19th century´´. Nevertheless, well done and keep up the good work!

[@ilovecops5499]

OK Jumbo, whatever you say.....

[@andreasdbzz9961]

The Greeks entered Thessaloniki on the 26th of October, not in November and Giannena on the 20th of February not, in March.

[@AdmiralBonetoPick]

Depends whether you're using the modern Gregorian calendar or the old Orthadox one.

[@scott2452]

The map at 4:30 shows Tunisia as part of the Ottoman Empire whereas by this point it was under the French

[@gumbie007]

Wow! A complete reversal for the Ottomans from three centuries earlier! Amazing how history works out.

[@alnotbiggaytho7124]

Yeah it happened with every empire so

[@gumbie007]

world record fastest growing channel True but it’s fascinating to learn it as a history buff!

[@chantelle1691]

@@alnotbiggaytho7124 Not the Chinese

[@Ghost-vi8qm]

It's karma

[@wankawanka3053]

@@alnotbiggaytho7124 not like like this most empires fell after a new force came this time it was just small former parts of it

[@adsads196]

Good video. Looking forward to Balkan Wars 2 (Rip my country there)

[@StopFear]

Schism isn’t pronounced “she-sm” it is pronounced “Ski-sm”

[@gooch2006]

Sounded like he said jism

[@cht4263]

Actually it's comes form the Greek schisma so it should be pronounced shism but anyway it is English. They pronounce words however they like

[@gooch2006]

@@cht4263 i'm English speaker I'll say what i want

[@cht4263]

@Hernando Malinche Actually we can. We'll not all of them some don't really care about pronunciation others like me do. The positive thing about the natives of the Greek language is that they can pronounce all the letters unlike Germans, English who can't

[@benshelly1603]

Nerd

[@vasilisplaitis2509]

Xanthi isn't situated in South Macedonia, but in Thrace, under Smolyan.

[@danilonikolic4188]

Thank you for making this video.

[@georgios_5342]

Greece was kind of left out. There were quite a few naval battles with the Turks, none of which were mentioned, and there was also a big case with northern Epirus, which wasn't even referred to at all. You mostly described the Bulgarian battles.

[@davidrosner6267]

Did Greece want to annex part of Albania in the First Balkan War?

[@georgios_5342]

@@davidrosner6267 what do you mean?

[@bjarkel.993]

killerlightning - because Northern Epirus today is shorthand for mainly ->Southern Albania

[@davidrosner6267]

Aren't the Albanians related to the ancient Illyrians?

[@TheHunterOfYharnam]

@@davidrosner6267 albanians are not illyrians Greece wanted and wants what belongs to it.Half of Albania rightfully belongs to us there are still Greeks there that the albanians are kicking out of their homes they even killed one of our people

[@megasayajinsongoku99]

Let's honor the Balkan League ! After centuries of occupation and tyranny the Balkan people worked together and they liberated Europe from ottoman turn invasions and occupation. What should be done in the 1300-1400 , was at least done in 1821- 1912. Let's honor the greek war of independence (1821-1830) , the Serbian revolutions ( 1804-1817), the russo Bulgarian / Serbian / Romanian - ottoman war of 1878 etc. Let's honor the many greek revolutions in Crete ( 1821, 1841, 1858, 1866,1878,1881,1897) , Epirus , Makedonia etc . The Balkan war was the culmination of all those attempts and liberations against the ottoman Turk occupation. Let's not forget that it was the Ottoman Turks that had invaded our lands and forced the non Muslims to live as second class subjects. We did not have a problem against the average Turk or Moslem. We had a problem against the armed armies who represented ottoman turk tyranny and oppression.

[@buzan2296]

Left is to reclaim Thrace. I'd like to liberate the other Anatolian regions as well, but this one is the most important.

[@falconpunch1719]

megasayajinsongoku99 if the Turks ruled with tyrany you would be Muslim and would have spoken Turkish the Turkish rule was softer than many other nations at the time

[@masnocebe3902]

Let's also not forget the Ilinden uprising of 1903.

[@eneapashaj6175]

You have to honor GJERGJ KASTRIOT SKENDERBEU before everyone and everything else!

[@megasayajinsongoku99]

@@falconpunch1719 it was tyranny and it was perceived as tyranny by the Balkan and middle East people. The fact that it was maybe less tyranny than some other worser tyrannies means nothing.

[@Nomenooooo]

Montenegro: Declares war on Ottoman Empire Ottomans: Yeah, right! Like you can beat me! The rest of the Balkans: Bonjour Ottomans: Oh crap

[@zekeyeager6886]

am a descendant of the Ottoman Empire, my ancestors did not pay much attention to Montenegro, because of the carelessness of my ancestors, we lost all of the Balkans. After this war, our country suffered a heavy defeat.

[@lukorradiko1183]

@@zekeyeager6886 if they didnt care for Montnegro why did they sent 120,000 solders in 1752 to defitmus or 80,000 in 1876 to defit us

[@blondequeen1779]

Declared war after ruled by ottoman 500 years

[@ibrahimuzun9546]

@@zekeyeager6886 zeke Türk olduğu biliyordum.

[@wankawanka3053]

@@zekeyeager6886 deserved

[@danielhalachev4714]

This is one of the most unbiased reviews of this war I've ever seen.

[@mahamedaden7237]

Western propaganda at it's finest.

[@danielhalachev4714]

@@mahamedaden7237 What's biased?!

[@mahamedaden7237]

@@danielhalachev4714 it's shit again greatings from one of the former Otmanns Empire country.

[@user-sp6wm5cb1d]

@@mahamedaden7237 said in that way you were also a part of the other empire so shut the fk up

[@YiannissB.]

No mention of the naval battles that took place. This war was dependant on Greek ships as it was on Bulgarian artillery and Serbian infantrymen.

[@christos.5302]

yea bro we got them muscles together

[@lorikibraimi8889]

Albanians made Greek independence possible

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

@@lorikibraimi8889 no

[@wankawanka3053]

@@lorikibraimi8889 nice dream

[@YiannissB.]

@Jotaro97 Bulgaria had 5 times the artillery of Serbia and 10 times that of Greece.

[@nikos8247]

The Balkans is a very sensitive area... many nationalities used to live together under the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) and later the Ottoman empire... separation was violent, people of all nationalities, Greeks, Turks, Bulgarians, Serbs, had to leave their homelands in order to form a nation state which was very hard and unfair for those who became refugees..

[@DaniilDimitrov]

There are noo such people as "Greek" . Grece was a fake country created by the British empire for their purposes

[@brubru9663]

Greece: hey bulgaria wanna hear a joke? Bulgaria: sure Greece: thessaloniki Bulgaria: i dont get it Greece: thats right and you never will

[@bluscoutsfm2474]

Ouch, that hurt me. Good one 😂🇧🇬

[@brubru9663]

Bulgarians are epic - half greek person

[@LevisH21]

the claims Bulgarians made for Thessaloniki was so ridiculous. that city has always been Greek. founded by Macedonian Greeks. if I was Bulgarian, I would have taken Constantinople instead. plus, Bulgaria did gain a coastline in the Argean Sea after the 1st Balkan War.

[@RandomDude1223]

@@LevisH21 Tsar Ferdinand the Fuck even ordered a giant cross to be ready for the conquer of Istanbul, but the great powers told him to chill and sit the f. down. For me, the moral of the story from Balkan wars is: dont bite off more, than you can chew.

[@skamazbg5675]

@@LevisH21 in 1913 the city of Thessaloniki was very mixed. The population was Majority Jewish at 40% followed by greek 26%, Bulgarian 24% and turkish ~10%. The Bulgarian part of the city was the North-east and nearly all the neighborhoods there were 100% Bulgarian. The problem was in the outskirts where the nearby villages were Bulgarian and 1 greek in the south west. Greece got the city in a very disgusting was btw. But all that is history.

[@tylernelson4901]

Get your popcorn ready. Comment section is gonna be amazing

[@justarandomnerd3360]

I love how there are more comments saying "here comes the war" than the actual war xd

[@Yiannis2112]

5:30 The city of Xanthi is nowhere near where it is shown on the map.

[@captain_mike6787]

Yes

[@captain_mike6787]

Ναι ήταν μεθυσμένη και κατέβηκε εκεί κάτω

[@Dimi3sX]

There is a mistake on the Greek cities on the map. It is Kozani there where it says Xanthi. Xanthi is on the east of Thessaloniki.

[@salokin3087]

Wow 99k subs! I remember being here before 1k, great my dude

[@Knowledgia]

I remember when you and other 2 were the only ones to comment in the first days of a video

[@salokin3087]

@@Knowledgia puts a tear in my eye, well deserved my dude

[@Knowledgia]

Thanks for watching since the beginning!

[@jimtroy4380]

I am sure that in the 2nd Balkan Wars comment section, Bulgarians,Serbs, Romanians and Greeks will discuss diplomatic and historical tensions in a civil and peaceful manner

[@kapoioskanenas2337]

As always

[@bogdangabrielonete3467]

But of course

[@kingIoanAsen]

Romanians !? what they have,what they want south of Danube? Why they get involved ?

[@bogdangabrielonete3467]

@@kingIoanAsen Can't remember why, but Bulgaria promised Romania the city of Silistra after the First Balkan War, and when the time came they did not honor the contract. Romania was pissed, and so was Russia, who was going to back Romania in the event of an attack on Bulgaria, even naming the king or prince a Russian High Marshal or something like that. Add to that the rising tensions between Bulgaria and the rest, and how Bulgaria was at war with Serbia, which was friends with Romania, and there you have it. And who's to say there werent personal interests either. Much like Bulgaria wanted more, I'm guessing so did Romania, and seeing how Bulgaria was causing trouble for everyone, there was an opportunity, I guess?

[@kingIoanAsen]

@@bogdangabrielonete3467 why giving Silistra? Any romanians there?

[@rumenmarchev3031]

This is the only time balkans actually came together and the result was clear-together we are stronger.

[@biggy06605]

If a war were to break out again in Europe (minus Russia out of the direct equation), it would be in the Balkans and Central Europe and the Turks would have a heavy involvement in it again. Some things never change...

[@rumenmarchev3031]

@@biggy06605 if a war broke out itd be the end of the world

[@rumenmarchev3031]

@@ionutzstoica yess and edirne(odrin) 😍

[@akhsdenlew1861]

@@rumenmarchev3031 no, it wouldn't be the end of the world.. don't be over-dramatic. A greco-turkish war is coming REALLY soon, it might escalate to a bigger war or even to a world war. But it won't be the END of the world..

[@plazmica0323]

Say that again when nukes start flying lol

[@i.p.956]

My great great great great grandparents used to live in the southern part of Bulgaria but they became refugees during the war so they were a part of the people who founded a village in North Bulgaria where my family comes from.

[@user-br9ne3gm9x]

За кое селище в северна Българшя става въпрос.?

[@esterzach]

Може ли мъничко повече подробности? Единият от родителите ми е от едно малко село, част от което се изнася в Северна България и основават село, в Шуменска област. Вероятно не става въпрос за това, но... кой знае.

[@orestisbe6978]

Ah, the conflicts that started the whole WW1 debacle (or at least the decade 1912-1923, when the balkans where on fire, more than the usually are.).