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First Balkan War

First Balkan War
Part of the Balkan Wars
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Clockwise from top right: Serbian forces entering the town of Mitrovica; Ottoman troops at the Battle of Kumanovo; the Greek king and the Bulgarian tsar in Thessaloniki; Bulgarian heavy artillery
Date 8 October 1912 – 30 May 1913
(7 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Location Balkan Peninsula
Result Balkan League victory
Belligerents
 Ottoman Empire Balkan League:
 Bulgaria (from 1913)
 Serbia (from 1913)
 Greece
 Montenegro
Commanders and leaders
Ottoman Empire Mehmed V
Ottoman Empire Enver Pasha
Ottoman Empire Nazım Pasha,
Ottoman Empire Zeki Pasha,
Ottoman Empire Esad Pasha Surrendered
Ottoman Empire Kölemen Abdullah Pasha,
Ottoman Empire Ali Rıza Pasha,
Ottoman Empire Hasan Tahsin Pasha Surrendered
Ottoman Empire İsmail Hakkı Okday
Kingdom of Bulgaria Ferdinand I
Kingdom of Bulgaria Mihail Savov
Kingdom of Bulgaria Ivan Fichev,
Kingdom of Bulgaria Vasil Kutinchev,
Kingdom of Bulgaria Nikola Ivanov,
Kingdom of Bulgaria Radko Dimitriev,
Kingdom of Bulgaria Stiliyan Kovachev
Kingdom of Bulgaria Georgi Todorov
Kingdom of Serbia Peter I
Kingdom of Serbia Radomir Putnik,
Kingdom of Serbia Petar Bojović,
Kingdom of Serbia Stepa Stepanović,
Kingdom of Serbia Božidar Janković
Kingdom of Greece George I
Kingdom of Greece Crown Prince Constantine,
Kingdom of Greece Panagiotis Danglis,
Kingdom of Greece Pavlos Kountouriotis
Kingdom of Montenegro King Nicholas I
Kingdom of Montenegro Prince Danilo Petrović
Kingdom of Montenegro Prince Peter
Kingdom of Montenegro Janko Vukotić
Strength
336,742 men initially, significantly more than the Balkan League by the end Bulgaria 350,000+,
Serbia 230,000 men,
Greece 125,000 men,
Montenegro 44,500 men
Total: 749,500+
Casualties and losses

Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire:
50,000 killed
100,000 wounded
115,000 captured
75,000 dead of disease

Total: 340,000 dead, wounded or captured

Kingdom of Bulgaria Bulgaria:
8,840 killed
4,926 missing
36,877 wounded
10,995 deceased

Kingdom of Greece Greece:
2,373 killed in action or died of wounds
9,295 wounded
1,558 dead of disease or accidents (incl. 2nd Balkan war)

Kingdom of Serbia Serbia:
5,000 killed
18,000 wounded
6,698 dead of disease

Kingdom of Montenegro Montenegro:
2,430 killed
6,602 wounded
406 dead of disease

Total: at least c. 108,000 dead or wounded

Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire:
50,000 killed
100,000 wounded
115,000 captured
75,000 dead of disease

Kingdom of Bulgaria Bulgaria:
8,840 killed
4,926 missing
36,877 wounded
10,995 deceased

Kingdom of Greece Greece:
2,373 killed in action or died of wounds
9,295 wounded
1,558 dead of disease or accidents (incl. 2nd Balkan war)

Kingdom of Serbia Serbia:
5,000 killed
18,000 wounded
6,698 dead of disease

Kingdom of Montenegro Montenegro:
2,430 killed
6,602 wounded
406 dead of disease


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