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Balkan Wars

1912 CE – 1913 CE

Two rapid wars that expelled the Ottoman Empire from most of Europe and redrawed the Balkan map. The resulting tensions between the victors were a direct cause of World War I a year later.

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1912–1913 conflicts in Balkan states

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Conflict · Europe

Balkan Wars

1912 CE – 1913 CE

Two rapid wars that expelled the Ottoman Empire from most of Europe and redrawed the Balkan map. The resulting tensions between the victors were a direct cause of World War I a year later.

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