The Second Balkan War - Explained in 10 minutes

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  • @Knowledgia
    @Knowledgia  5 ปีที่แล้ว +253

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    • @soner681
      @soner681 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      How are you ?

    • @Knowledgia
      @Knowledgia  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ДушанМихајловић-й6щ Something like will come in the future :D

    • @mihaiungureanu1896
      @mihaiungureanu1896 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Respect dedo

    • @curleddoughnuts6857
      @curleddoughnuts6857 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Why can’t you say what it is? South Slavs committed genocide on Albanians, especially in what is called Kosovo and Macedonia today.

    • @toxicgamers1113
      @toxicgamers1113 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@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

  • @charliethenecromancer4422
    @charliethenecromancer4422 5 ปีที่แล้ว +876

    "I fear no man...But that thing..."
    *Balkan Politics and Wars*
    "It scares me..."

  • @ryanjackson1999
    @ryanjackson1999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +675

    Bulgaria in 1915: "One more game, double or nothing"

    • @markomarkovic5729
      @markomarkovic5729 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      And in 1941: "Third time's a Charm"

    • @stanislavdaganov574
      @stanislavdaganov574 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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.

    • @ruzfech72
      @ruzfech72 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      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.

    • @irenaveksler1935
      @irenaveksler1935 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@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

    • @elpaso4765
      @elpaso4765 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      looool.

  • @Deem707
    @Deem707 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3799

    I hope the third Balkan war won't start in the comment section...
    Edit: too late

    • @ato2295
      @ato2295 5 ปีที่แล้ว +186

      It's a video about the Balkans. You have to much hope

    • @Deem707
      @Deem707 5 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      @@Toloposki DON'T underestimate the Balkans. They literally are willing to commit genocide for just 1 extra metre of land for their country.

    • @Deem707
      @Deem707 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@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

    • @Deem707
      @Deem707 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@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?

    • @cv4809
      @cv4809 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@Deem707 that's because the Balkan borders are shit,we need a new war to redraw them,I mean why does Macedonia even exists

  • @antiiNoob
    @antiiNoob 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4243

    Bulgaria was lucky that the Black Sea Did not have a army

    • @zarni000
      @zarni000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      Technically that's Soviet union. That happens right at end of ww2....so not that lucky

    • @GameandComedy
      @GameandComedy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Hahahaa true xD

    • @ybr8192
      @ybr8192 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@zarni000 However they didn't invade form the east ;)

    • @Ar7Style87
      @Ar7Style87 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      As a Bulgarian I find this funny :D

    • @zarni000
      @zarni000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Andrija Čamagić eh?

  • @flutterflowexpert
    @flutterflowexpert 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2309

    I am Bulgarian and I am always happy that one of our neighbour is the SEA!

    • @slavkafegiev3474
      @slavkafegiev3474 5 ปีที่แล้ว +235

      At least the sea can't declare war on us XD....I hope so ;-;

    • @georgeantonopoulos8915
      @georgeantonopoulos8915 5 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      I AM GREEK AND I WANT THE BULGARIANS TO BE OUR FRIENDS WE HAVE SO MUCH IN COMMON

    • @sosig6445
      @sosig6445 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      are you flexing on serbs?

    • @Samuel-ri4qb
      @Samuel-ri4qb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @Gasko Gaskovich I like Bulgaria ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

    • @Samuel-ri4qb
      @Samuel-ri4qb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @Gasko Gaskovich no I am half Greek and I life in Germany ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

  • @normiew
    @normiew 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1188

    It seems Bulgaria didn't know that aggressive expansion would lead to a coalition against them. Ferdinand should have played EU4 first.

    • @iangeorge5079
      @iangeorge5079 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Hoi4 great war mod would be better

    • @normiew
      @normiew 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@iangeorge5079 Yeah maybe, I have never played Hoi4. So EU4 was the first one that came to my mind.

    • @iangeorge5079
      @iangeorge5079 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@normiew you should try hoi4 if you like grand strategy games its really fun

    • @dimitrinaivanova8620
      @dimitrinaivanova8620 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      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....

    • @dimitrinaivanova8620
      @dimitrinaivanova8620 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      so be quiet man...

  • @StickWithTrigger
    @StickWithTrigger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +314

    Bulgaria: "The risk I took was calculated....but man I'm I bad at math"

    • @mpatience5509
      @mpatience5509 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Lol

    • @gogoiline
      @gogoiline 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      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.

    • @RosTheXD
      @RosTheXD 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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???

    • @nekilik7886
      @nekilik7886 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@gogoiline Was Bulgaria an absolute monarchy at this period or did the Prime Minister hold more power?

    • @gogoiline
      @gogoiline 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nekilik7886Absolute monarchy was Bulgaria. Ferdinand played , enjoyed changing the ministers and politicians. He even ordered some assassinations.

  • @dimasanggoro20
    @dimasanggoro20 5 ปีที่แล้ว +473

    The Balkan states fighting each other after working together repelling the Turks is the most Balkan thing ever happened

    • @markomarkovic5729
      @markomarkovic5729 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      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?

    • @kasadam85
      @kasadam85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@markomarkovic5729 Because there was not a thing called nationalism in that era. Things were better under ottomans than under catholics too.

    • @GeneralPet
      @GeneralPet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@kasadam85 or....maybe because ottomans were losing in africa. How about that?

    • @kasadam85
      @kasadam85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@GeneralPet I and many historians would say you are wrong, because Ottomans lost plenty of times before the Italian invasion of Libya anyway.

    • @agape_99
      @agape_99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@markomarkovic5729 West killed ottomans. You filled the blanks. The end.

  • @simaozinho37
    @simaozinho37 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2070

    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.

    • @nightvvisher7713
      @nightvvisher7713 5 ปีที่แล้ว +245

      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...

    • @toxicgamers1113
      @toxicgamers1113 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      yes a sad true

    • @delijezvezdara653
      @delijezvezdara653 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Bulgarian logic*

    • @SteliosTsimplis
      @SteliosTsimplis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      *Human logic

    • @nikosz66
      @nikosz66 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Bulgarian logic.

  • @nonameideas1324
    @nonameideas1324 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1900

    Greece,romania,serbia and the ottomans pulling the biggest "no u" in the history of balkans (1913,colorized)

    • @bandvitromaniaios1307
      @bandvitromaniaios1307 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      GD_ChrisPlayz yes

    • @oparakuikorces884
      @oparakuikorces884 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And Albanian

    • @bandvitromaniaios1307
      @bandvitromaniaios1307 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Oparaku i Korces Albania?

    • @oparakuikorces884
      @oparakuikorces884 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@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

    • @bandvitromaniaios1307
      @bandvitromaniaios1307 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oparaku i Korces oh i didn’t know that but i know the first indepedent nation was Albania right?

  • @bosanow
    @bosanow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +541

    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.

    • @BabisPipas
      @BabisPipas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      He this was a 1 month war u can't just keep attacking and then just try negotiate after that

    • @Filipao83
      @Filipao83 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@BabisPipas welll.. we said sorry.. but they didnt believed us :D

    • @dkgamers1385
      @dkgamers1385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Greece and Bulgaria are two countries that were ruined by bad leaders

    • @dkgamers1385
      @dkgamers1385 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Colonel Greg so do I. Τον βασιλιά Κωνσταντίνο εννόουσα παρεπιπτόντως

    • @mildew1
      @mildew1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@dkgamers1385 Serbia as well unfortunately

  • @arizonabusinessleague918
    @arizonabusinessleague918 2 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    My question was always about how Bulgaria (recently formed and never seemingly mentioned for economic prowess or riches) apparently fielded massive armies and equipment.

    • @stanislavdaganov574
      @stanislavdaganov574 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      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.

    • @cbakotako2791
      @cbakotako2791 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      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

    • @arizonabusinessleague918
      @arizonabusinessleague918 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@cbakotako2791 thanks for the bulletpoints because the whole damn thing was a mystery to me

    • @vasilgeorgiev5686
      @vasilgeorgiev5686 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      skiils

    • @heroicnerd6404
      @heroicnerd6404 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@stanislavdaganov574 yeah Bulgaria legit had alot of potential to become a power in the balkans but is now instead the 3rd strongest country

  • @ermirdestani
    @ermirdestani 5 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    And this is how our eternal "Love" started btw eachother in Balkan.

    • @Albaniabyair
      @Albaniabyair 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      yep

    • @Stasy809
      @Stasy809 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      definetly

    • @Pao234_
      @Pao234_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well, at least you guys can agree on something, hah

    • @nikravdos5723
      @nikravdos5723 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There is no nation called Macedonia...these are Slavs ..period...

    • @devinthierault
      @devinthierault 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Love is war

  • @micahistory
    @micahistory 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1842

    Bulgaria had no chance of winning against literally all its neighbours

    • @boske_77
      @boske_77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +232

      Maybe it's because everybody hated Bulgaria for stealing and claiming their lands?

    • @freelikesummer931
      @freelikesummer931 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      You can see why people hate masons - the Austrian tzar Ferdinand was one of them.

    • @maxmagnus777
      @maxmagnus777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @LUNAR BLOODDROP 5 Indians (natives) vs 2000 US cavalry. The Indians won.

    • @ilias_p
      @ilias_p 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      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

    • @maxmagnus777
      @maxmagnus777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@ilias_p And they had beaten Serbian army badly couple of years back. To me it is not actually even the matter of numbers.
      Problem is logical. Russia was interested in Bulgaria and was leaning highly toward it. Serbs were Russian friends too but not close ones. They also did not need Serbs as much as they needed the Bulgarians.
      So why not just await the Russian ruling? Why go to war in the first place?
      Why make Greece your enemy? Why not ally with them and push the Turks even more back?

  • @markovujic4718
    @markovujic4718 5 ปีที่แล้ว +595

    Someone: Hey, Bulgaria, no way you can go to war with all of your neighbors.
    Bulgaria: Hold my beer.

    • @iangeorge5079
      @iangeorge5079 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Hold my Rakia*

    • @dpvideo7821
      @dpvideo7821 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      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!!!

    • @ДушанРомић
      @ДушанРомић 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@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. 😎

    • @stojandobrocelic1315
      @stojandobrocelic1315 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@dpvideo7821 NATO against Serbia and Milosevic! Deja vu 1941. - Hitler against Serbia and Russia.Bullshit wester propaganda. "Demokraty" = fascism!

    • @dalia_mar
      @dalia_mar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ferdinand:hold my beer...have you noticed about Ferdinand is not a Bulgarian name,ta-daaaa

  • @sebastianungureanu6750
    @sebastianungureanu6750 4 ปีที่แล้ว +477

    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!

    • @krassigor
      @krassigor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Thank you I salut all Rumanians, pity you are not politician

    • @МиленДимитров-и2ф
      @МиленДимитров-и2ф 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      ​@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.

    • @petartoshkov2076
      @petartoshkov2076 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      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...

    • @srfrg9707
      @srfrg9707 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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...

    • @comradekenobi6908
      @comradekenobi6908 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "brothers?" you must be very rowdy family then

  • @trueslav7430
    @trueslav7430 5 ปีที่แล้ว +457

    I was so angry that no one made videos about the balkan and our rich history.
    Thank you for looking at our history

    • @1993Redemption
      @1993Redemption 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      a rich history of war, slaughter, and conquest.

    • @ilijas3041
      @ilijas3041 5 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      @@1993Redemption unlike Americas, where flowers were flying all around the place for sooo many centuries

    • @justinian-the-great
      @justinian-the-great 5 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      @@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.

    • @1993Redemption
      @1993Redemption 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@justinian-the-great keep preaching but today there's about 7 or 8 countries that all hate each other and still splitting apart

    • @FrozenStash
      @FrozenStash 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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.

  • @girlgarde
    @girlgarde 5 ปีที่แล้ว +281

    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?

    • @christiangaming-fy6rv
      @christiangaming-fy6rv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" They both hated the serbs and the greeks

    • @girlgarde
      @girlgarde 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@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.

    • @axechop
      @axechop 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      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.

    • @valery2711
      @valery2711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@axechop what a propaganda.. Ottomans just did what balkans did to turks in balkans after firs one .. Always cheap propaganda. Dirty tactics

    • @gideonmele1556
      @gideonmele1556 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@valery2711 which could be argued was what the Ottomans did during their invasions and subsequent occupations

  • @GeorgeTenev
    @GeorgeTenev 5 ปีที่แล้ว +791

    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.

    • @jorji6645
      @jorji6645 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      For me I do admire Ferdinand for his devotion for a greater Bulgaria, though his decisions were rather uncalled for

    • @starhawck
      @starhawck 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      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.

    • @VArsovski10
      @VArsovski10 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      "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

    • @GeorgeTenev
      @GeorgeTenev 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@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...

    • @starhawck
      @starhawck 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GeorgeTenev наведената глава сабя не я сече? :)

  • @JonLondrezos
    @JonLondrezos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +382

    Bulgaria: A nation of great people that - during the first part of the 20th century - was driven to disaster by incompetent leaders.

    • @TheACed7
      @TheACed7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      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)

    • @charalamboszacharia6082
      @charalamboszacharia6082 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      The only country that has the right to want more lands in the balkans is Greece because Greeks lived there since 2000 BC

    • @bulgarianreaper6587
      @bulgarianreaper6587 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      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.

    • @galinalalova
      @galinalalova 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      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.

    • @mitkoivanov5586
      @mitkoivanov5586 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@charalamboszacharia6082 You are migrant from Afruka just like all balkan nation. Bay the way we fight about ex Otoman land not greek :)

  • @aleksandarmitev2738
    @aleksandarmitev2738 5 ปีที่แล้ว +384

    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...

    • @justinian-the-great
      @justinian-the-great 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      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.

    • @alexsamu3478
      @alexsamu3478 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The roumanian king was german too:)) 2 idiots fighting each other for nothing...what a stupid idea.....

    • @johny7even
      @johny7even 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Well guess what the Greek king was :XD Yeap, of german descent

    • @slavkafegiev3474
      @slavkafegiev3474 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@alexsamu3478 conclusion to everyone: DON'T LET GERMANS TAKE THE TROWN XD

    • @georgeantonopoulos8915
      @georgeantonopoulos8915 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      WE GREEKS AND BOULGARIANS ARE FRIENDS PEACE AND LOVE MY FRIENDS

  • @TheNinjaDC
    @TheNinjaDC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +665

    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!"

    • @varain87
      @varain87 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@AP-qs2gx you are very funny :))))

    • @МилошОбилић-г2м
      @МилошОбилић-г2м 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @ poor bulgarian

    • @hoponpop3330
      @hoponpop3330 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      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.

    • @olhristov
      @olhristov 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@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.

    • @teodork06bulgaria4
      @teodork06bulgaria4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Bulgaria declared war to only one but the coward neighours decided to join because they know that Bulgaria is Great.

  • @dresdi
    @dresdi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    I think just saying the word "Balkan" triggers a second yugoslav war in every comment section

    • @urosvesic9520
      @urosvesic9520 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Only from petty ppl. most of us are trying to move forward and have good relationship with each others :D

    • @ilijas3041
      @ilijas3041 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @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

    • @aleksaandjic9017
      @aleksaandjic9017 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Serbia💪💪💪

    • @AA-bz1pr
      @AA-bz1pr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@urosvesic9520 Yeah, keep thinking that...

    • @chonrei-rn1215
      @chonrei-rn1215 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oki, I say BALKAN

  • @TheWolf-xe2kz
    @TheWolf-xe2kz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    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.

    • @aleksk4151
      @aleksk4151 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      good man :)

    • @lambo129
      @lambo129 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      А така брат :)

    • @64bitVanny
      @64bitVanny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Have a good day

    • @Mkraaa
      @Mkraaa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cringe

    • @alalbatross6549
      @alalbatross6549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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 th-cam.com/video/6u3ja45pFA0/w-d-xo.html

  • @thethracion
    @thethracion 5 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    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!!!

    • @comingafteryou5352
      @comingafteryou5352 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah but decisions which worked the best for the rest.

    • @andreivlad3518
      @andreivlad3518 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Tharce is not only Bulgaria!all east europe is tracian teritorii and romanian have tracic roots-Getae -Dacian -Thracian is the same!

    • @thethracion
      @thethracion 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @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.

    • @thebanished87
      @thebanished87 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      your Tsar was just teensy bit too ambitious :))

    • @thebanished87
      @thebanished87 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Peter the Great maybe he was related to the infamous Austrian house painter hahah

  • @mitkapetkova2102
    @mitkapetkova2102 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    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.

    • @vasil.kamdzhalov
      @vasil.kamdzhalov 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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.

    • @milicajac689
      @milicajac689 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As a Serb in this war my neighbor's wife was pregrant and stabbed thru stomach and my neighbor got threwn in bunar

    • @west_park7993
      @west_park7993 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Feel your pain. My great-grand-father died in 1915 before my grandmother was born.

    • @brianticas7671
      @brianticas7671 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @artyerty35
    @artyerty35 5 ปีที่แล้ว +365

    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.

    • @mishkata348
      @mishkata348 5 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      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.

    • @tarik1923
      @tarik1923 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@mishkata348 She xd

    • @bacebulgarianmapper1186
      @bacebulgarianmapper1186 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      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

    • @pedroledoux9779
      @pedroledoux9779 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Romania would gain territory without fight in first Balksn war?

    • @artyerty35
      @artyerty35 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@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?

  • @konstantinos2112
    @konstantinos2112 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    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

  • @КонстантинГеоргиев-и9ф
    @КонстантинГеоргиев-и9ф 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    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.

    • @narutomgm
      @narutomgm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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.

    • @rubycooly962
      @rubycooly962 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey chill my country macedonia didn't even get independence until the 90's and even then it isn't really macedonia

    • @vynaaa19
      @vynaaa19 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@rubycooly962 at that time macedonians considered themself bulgarians

    • @rubycooly962
      @rubycooly962 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vynaaa19 wow that was fast

    • @JacobMaccabee
      @JacobMaccabee 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are definitely arrogant enough to come up with that argument.

  • @michaelarchangel3545
    @michaelarchangel3545 5 ปีที่แล้ว +475

    When you're Bulgarian:
    Stop, stop. Please be an alternative history video, please be an alternative history video.

    • @DigiDigiDigiDigi
      @DigiDigiDigiDigi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      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

    • @michaelarchangel3545
      @michaelarchangel3545 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      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....

    • @ИванДимитров-э2ш
      @ИванДимитров-э2ш 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      it's not funny. people died

    • @BlueBird-wb6kb
      @BlueBird-wb6kb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      In alt history they simply get allies and use their army against the ottomans..aka the smart and more noble move

    • @hellenicrevoball6369
      @hellenicrevoball6369 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Loool

  • @Simi822
    @Simi822 5 ปีที่แล้ว +372

    Bulgaria gained the most from the first, was not satisfied...well look at them now...they would love to go back to those borders

    • @Simi822
      @Simi822 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      just imagine if they would make a peace with the Europeans and instead send the 600.000 Force towards Constantinople...no ErDOGan

    • @Simi822
      @Simi822 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@islamisthetruth3402 officially the name change happened on 28 March 1930...

    • @Astania08
      @Astania08 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      あーー。so bulgaria was greedy asf back then? So they got banged at all sides?

    • @Astania08
      @Astania08 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Simi822 wow. Then Tsar of Bulgaria was stupid.

    • @Astania08
      @Astania08 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@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.

  • @cloackedindark7981
    @cloackedindark7981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    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 ✌️

    • @nevize6660
      @nevize6660 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      yes, no hate.

    • @Idsglobal34
      @Idsglobal34 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yees✌️

    • @dariusmoldovan6202
      @dariusmoldovan6202 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Not turks tho

    • @nevize6660
      @nevize6660 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@dariusmoldovan6202 stop

    • @Sattelitespaass
      @Sattelitespaass 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@nikolagostovic1225 why it’s just a city, it’s not gonna magically solve any problems by having it?

  • @pulanjuri
    @pulanjuri 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Romania and ottoman empire: join the war
    Bulgaria: guess i'll die

    • @rarescevei8268
      @rarescevei8268 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I mean, by the time the Ottomans joined, it was beating a dead horse

  • @vault311
    @vault311 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The contents here have improved so much in the last few months. Keep up the excellent works

  • @neptuneseye7832
    @neptuneseye7832 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Finally a Commentator that I can full undetstand. All of the rest have
    mouthfull voice

    • @mk9650
      @mk9650 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not Devin

  • @shreddedbulgariamapperofficial
    @shreddedbulgariamapperofficial ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just subscribed your videos are very good Historían approved!

    • @Knowledgia
      @Knowledgia  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much for your support!

  • @flavio-viana-gomide
    @flavio-viana-gomide 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I came here to say this is one of the best channels of TH-cam. I love maps.

  • @drndrija2993
    @drndrija2993 5 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Ozbiljne teme!

  • @nashbridges-cu6dy
    @nashbridges-cu6dy ปีที่แล้ว +12

    NO WAR AGAINST BULGARIA EVER AGAIN! VERY GOOD PEOPLE WITH BIG HEART! SERBIA❤BULGARIA

    • @limazulu6660
      @limazulu6660 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Живела Сърбия, никога повече!

  • @spartan1453s
    @spartan1453s 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    -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“.

  • @micahistory
    @micahistory 5 ปีที่แล้ว +529

    in others words :Bulgaria's gang bang

    • @ЛюбомирНешев-т5и
      @ЛюбомирНешев-т5и 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Sadly but true

    • @КонстантинГеоргиев-и9ф
      @КонстантинГеоргиев-и9ф 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Любомир Нешев знаеш какво казват - лаком гъз глава затрива.

    • @ЛюбомирНешев-т5и
      @ЛюбомирНешев-т5и 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Тези територии са били заселени предимно с българи. Ако е лакомо да освободиш своите сънародници...

    • @slavkafegiev3474
      @slavkafegiev3474 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@ЛюбомирНешев-т5и 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 -_-

    • @ЛюбомирНешев-т5и
      @ЛюбомирНешев-т5и 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Fuck off, kid

  • @d74rjm
    @d74rjm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    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.

    • @tom-uy4uh
      @tom-uy4uh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      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

    • @fotiskosmos3009
      @fotiskosmos3009 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 ...

    • @d74rjm
      @d74rjm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@fotiskosmos3009 Fotis, take some selfless advice from me.
      Learn to write English correctly or write in your native language.

    • @immortal2534
      @immortal2534 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought that to

    • @gamingwithyounas8436
      @gamingwithyounas8436 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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

  • @flavio-viana-gomide
    @flavio-viana-gomide 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I'm Brazilian and I wish not only peace but also unity to the Balkans. No more fight.

  • @Semih_Tur
    @Semih_Tur 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Very good video, From 🇹🇷. I wish for peace in the balkan region of europe.. hope all the disputes find a solution to them.

    • @stanbatakarata6081
      @stanbatakarata6081 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 🇧🇬

  • @Blee307
    @Blee307 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

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

    • @so2easy
      @so2easy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Balkans best region on earth. :)

  • @homelessjedi96
    @homelessjedi96 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Objective and precise presentation of the facts, thumps up for the video.

    • @hayro252
      @hayro252 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Meh, i saw some bias against Turks

    • @alalbatross6549
      @alalbatross6549 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 th-cam.com/video/6u3ja45pFA0/w-d-xo.html

  • @peterd5843
    @peterd5843 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    as a Bulgarian this pains me every time

    • @icelandthebest2218
      @icelandthebest2218 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol They didnt even declare wae

    • @gjinkalla7121
      @gjinkalla7121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      as an Albanian it’s also hurting :(

    • @tipuksilainoumumumumumum4781
      @tipuksilainoumumumumumum4781 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@icelandthebest2218 and romanians when they get dobruja they didnt declare war but bulgarians got it back LOL

    • @kostas1812
      @kostas1812 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      As a Greek, its an epic coom moment

    • @athanasioskosmas3915
      @athanasioskosmas3915 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Every nations has his owns pains in the history!

  • @giannisk4622
    @giannisk4622 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Bulgaria has already lost (via immigration) 2 million people since the joining of the EU.
    Same will happen with albania and north macedonia .

    • @nicolaeadrian7882
      @nicolaeadrian7882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      romania 5m =)) in 2050 we gonna have half of the curent population .. .from 20 m to 10m... sad but true ...

    • @DimiiiV
      @DimiiiV 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nicolaeadrian7882 noooo :(.

    • @rarescevei8268
      @rarescevei8268 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@nicolaeadrian7882It is gonna be a 15% decrease not 50%

  • @klaaskomvaak1816
    @klaaskomvaak1816 5 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    what a major mistake it was not to retake constantinople.

    • @Angel-qo3ot
      @Angel-qo3ot 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      İstanbul :3

    • @ΓιωργοςΣυμεωνιδης-φ6ι
      @ΓιωργοςΣυμεωνιδης-φ6ι 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      "retake"???

    • @zyracxes9333
      @zyracxes9333 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@ΓιωργοςΣυμεωνιδης-φ6ι Yes IT was the capital of Eastern Roman Empire, and the heart city of ortodox religion, the Constantinopole was conquered by Otomans 1453.

    • @starhawck
      @starhawck 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      "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.

    • @kosovalia
      @kosovalia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Angel-qo3ot or troya

  • @kotsaris87
    @kotsaris87 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    08:26 the way you said 'Dojran' and 'Kilkis - Lachanas' made me laugh till tears

    • @kotsaris87
      @kotsaris87 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      plus there's something really really odd about mount Athos in this map

    • @johny7even
      @johny7even 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Not to mention Thessaloniki. And yes something is seriously wrong with Chalkidiki :XD

    • @kotsaris87
      @kotsaris87 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it's like Chalkidiki's parents spent a little too long touring Chernobyl

    • @aleksk4151
      @aleksk4151 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kotsaris87 Kilkis-lachanas the deadliest Greek battle in both balkan wars.

  • @AlexandruCandet
    @AlexandruCandet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Finally after so many weeks of waiting you came thru...😁

  • @WesloTheHandsome
    @WesloTheHandsome 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    These are superbly done, narrated, and animated, well done Gents❕-Cheers🥂👍🏻👍🏻

  • @ΚώσταςΡωμ
    @ΚώσταςΡωμ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Why is Holy Mountain mutant?

    •  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      lol that was my thought as well.

  • @REALILLYRIAN4LIFE
    @REALILLYRIAN4LIFE 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Slavs and Greeks: We are eager to fight!
    Albania: Grabs a load of popcorn and watches from the side and enjoying the scene!

    • @altinkryeziu2812
      @altinkryeziu2812 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @ What history did Albania steal? I am curious to know?

    • @altinkryeziu2812
      @altinkryeziu2812 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @ I am still waiting for an answer?

    • @SpartanLeonidas1821
      @SpartanLeonidas1821 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Altin Kryeziu Technically no History, you attempt to steal because you have no History tho 🤣

    • @altinkryeziu2812
      @altinkryeziu2812 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@SpartanLeonidas1821 What history did we attempt to steal? I am still waiting fo an answer from @L P

    • @altinkryeziu2812
      @altinkryeziu2812 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@SpartanLeonidas1821 What you gonna say now you Greek leftover?

  • @kristianangelov3719
    @kristianangelov3719 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Ferdinand ordered 7m. long white Cross which was supposed to be on the top of Haga Sophia, Great Powers stopped him ...

  • @SpartanLeonidas1821
    @SpartanLeonidas1821 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    "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

    • @skamazbg5675
      @skamazbg5675 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Greek army:gets surrounded despite outnumbering the enemy 3:1.

    • @SpartanLeonidas1821
      @SpartanLeonidas1821 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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

    • @thesoundinyourhead1782
      @thesoundinyourhead1782 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@skamazbg5675 when exactly that happened?

    • @wankawanka3053
      @wankawanka3053 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@skamazbg5675 wtf when did this even happen

    • @skamazbg5675
      @skamazbg5675 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wankawanka3053 battle of Kresna pass

  • @Cornel1001
    @Cornel1001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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 !

    • @vasil.kamdzhalov
      @vasil.kamdzhalov 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They would like it I bet and the winners wouldn't need help from them. Not be cospiracy theorist or anything.

  • @notreal8699
    @notreal8699 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    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

    • @Lazer-bp9lf
      @Lazer-bp9lf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      no drop That fucking video killed me XD.

    • @icelandthebest2218
      @icelandthebest2218 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats not true and that meme id bullshit

  • @Kriegter
    @Kriegter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Should have been called
    The let's Bully Bulgaria war

    • @stefanmarkovic8424
      @stefanmarkovic8424 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Bulgaria is the one who attacked.

    • @sladjanasimic5486
      @sladjanasimic5486 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Bulgaria attacked

    • @bojanjankovic2085
      @bojanjankovic2085 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Should you be in the kindergarten?

    • @plazmica0323
      @plazmica0323 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@bojanjankovic2085 Jesus.. my fellow serbs its a joke , take it easy...

    • @Хентаи-м1ы
      @Хентаи-м1ы 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Talridis blagoev how long it took to ahit that out from your head ? Fucking ignorant liar .

  • @sladjanavukas5420
    @sladjanavukas5420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Bulgarian invasion need Benny Hill theme.

  • @blockytart
    @blockytart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Bulgaria: gets the most lands after the Balkan war
    Also Bulgaria: not enough

    • @Te0gop
      @Te0gop 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Check the population ethnicity maps and you will realize why it was not enough.

    • @wankawanka3053
      @wankawanka3053 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Te0gop just ask for your people back don't expect others to just give the land they fought to get🙄

    • @Leoforos13
      @Leoforos13 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Te0gop Even within the territories you obtained in the first Balkan war Bulgarians were a minority. If that’s not the case why commit all these massacres during your retreat in the second Balkan war

  • @ΚωνσταντίνοςΤζήκας-υ1η
    @ΚωνσταντίνοςΤζήκας-υ1η 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Amazing video man thank you

  • @badcopy6420
    @badcopy6420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Such a shocker that a German king would send Bulgarian ppl to a meatgrinder... Who doesnt want a brother for a brother wants a foreigner for a ruler, nuff said

    • @nexus5242
      @nexus5242 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ^ perfectly said

    • @cirmiz
      @cirmiz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      As a side note the Romanian king at that time was also German.

    • @lukastefanovic5732
      @lukastefanovic5732 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      cirmiz and the greek ruling dynasty was danish

    • @Cherb123456
      @Cherb123456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A lesson to be learned nowadays in all of Europe, I suppose.

    • @altergreenhorn
      @altergreenhorn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      New king (US) doing the same remember south stream pipe

  • @nicocola284
    @nicocola284 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Bulgaria : you know I am somewhat of a Napoleon myself...

  • @razvan1105
    @razvan1105 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Man, are you romanian? Because I heard you are "DO" from "LUMEA LUI DEDO"

    • @numedecanal1
      @numedecanal1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Serios? 🤔

    • @razvan1105
      @razvan1105 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Da, eu asa am inteles

    • @alexwallachian7720
      @alexwallachian7720 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      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.

  • @romanianpatriot777
    @romanianpatriot777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    Its ridiculous cause after the 1 Balkan war Bulgaria already got the most territories

    • @plazmica0323
      @plazmica0323 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      They were led by a madman and ended up losing, what a shocker.

    • @ryuuseiboi950
      @ryuuseiboi950 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      no

    • @quwuirkyturkey
      @quwuirkyturkey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Not really tho. The Serbs backstabbed them. I think the Greeks and ottoman claims were unjustified tho

    • @Хентаи-м1ы
      @Хентаи-м1ы 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Bear Bones wtf how did we backstab ??? We helped them claim a lot of their wanted teritories , but teritories they didnt die for are not theirs . They backstabed us all by suprise attack .

    • @ryuuseiboi950
      @ryuuseiboi950 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@Хентаи-м1ы Die for? The ottomans did shit in Macedonia. The real fights were at the Thracian front. Also why fight for the lands of another nation? Dumb serv.

  • @Astania08
    @Astania08 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I've been waiting for this hahaha. Naysu naysu!

    • @lazarignjatovic7881
      @lazarignjatovic7881 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol and l thought that only balkan people are interested in their history...

    • @Astania08
      @Astania08 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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. 😄

  • @cheahgy3606
    @cheahgy3606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    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)

    • @carlustin4034
      @carlustin4034 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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

    • @savacetkovic7711
      @savacetkovic7711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@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.

  • @AunknownMan
    @AunknownMan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    I won the Second Balkan war in HOI4 Great War Mod 😏

    • @jorji6645
      @jorji6645 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Crusader Boy 9000 same here, I also beat almost all Balkan nations in kaiserreich

    • @AunknownMan
      @AunknownMan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jorji6645 i like the uniforms in great war mod

    • @jorji6645
      @jorji6645 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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

    • @breakingoutin2212
      @breakingoutin2212 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      what are you talking about BITCH!!i dont understand

    • @jorji6645
      @jorji6645 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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

  • @harrisonofcolorado8886
    @harrisonofcolorado8886 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    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*

  • @davidmaroney7967
    @davidmaroney7967 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    They nearly doubled themselves in size and thought it wasn't enough.

    • @tedv8323
      @tedv8323 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was not about land as the video says, It's about liberating our people from Serbian, Greek and Otoman rule/genocide.

    • @Leoforos13
      @Leoforos13 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@tedv8323 Is this why you destroyed almost every village and town during your retreat in the second Balkan war??

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love your channel keep up the great stuff

  • @Armorius2199
    @Armorius2199 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Ferdinald will not divide us!
    Orthodox Balkans United!

  • @Anonymous-qx1vd
    @Anonymous-qx1vd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    7:12 Because these were Bulgarian territories that's why we didn't declare war it was just pushing

    • @markkond8565
      @markkond8565 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I beg to differ. You wanted the territories based on a secret agreement you made with Serbia, no one else. Why should the Greeks give you Southern Macedonia, we were never party to your agreement.

    • @johanlassen6448
      @johanlassen6448 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@markkond8565 Especially considering that Macedonia has historically always been Greek.

  • @doodlenoodle5466
    @doodlenoodle5466 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    When you get coalition in eu4

  • @nikolaivanov629
    @nikolaivanov629 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    We Bulgarians have such a lovely trustworthy neighbors... Good that the Black Sea had no army

    • @stevotrajkovic5823
      @stevotrajkovic5823 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      If you want good neighbours, you have to be good neighbour!

    • @DESIGNERIVA
      @DESIGNERIVA 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stevotrajkovic5823 we were good to everyone , but someone just want to take something from our house..

    • @wankawanka3053
      @wankawanka3053 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@DESIGNERIVA that's what they all say playing the victim card your leader was megalomaniac deal with it

    • @DESIGNERIVA
      @DESIGNERIVA 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wankawanka3053 megalomaniac? He just want to unite all territories with majority bulgarian population, just like todays albania , that want to make ilirida..

    • @wankawanka3053
      @wankawanka3053 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DESIGNERIVA guy who wants to become a tsar in Constantinople screams megalomaniac

  • @maximr6576
    @maximr6576 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    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

  • @MrMinecraftmasters12
    @MrMinecraftmasters12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    yells to bulgaria*
    "HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO TEACH YOU THIS LESSON OLD MAN"

  • @fidodido664
    @fidodido664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    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.

    • @MyPokergirl
      @MyPokergirl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      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

    • @hristiqng
      @hristiqng 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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.

    • @mrmister6237
      @mrmister6237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Macedonia is Bulgarian just one visit can make that obvious

    • @soik1401
      @soik1401 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MyPokergirl Biologically, the land is a mixed lot. A slow transition from Greek to Bulgarian and everything in between.

    • @johanlassen6448
      @johanlassen6448 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

  • @SpaceCatNuggets
    @SpaceCatNuggets 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man I’ve been searching for so long for a review against the 2nd war well good ones

  • @THECOMMUNISTCHANNEL
    @THECOMMUNISTCHANNEL 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I bet that was a big *"BRUH"* Moments for the allies

  • @sleros8646
    @sleros8646 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    9:55 yeah talk about minor Ottoman attrocities but don't talk about the genocide committed against Turks in the first balkan war.

    • @zarni000
      @zarni000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      hmm this coming from a citizen of a country that is responsible for the first internationally recognized act of genocide in the 20th century which dwarfs most others combined is rich....

    • @sleros8646
      @sleros8646 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@zarni000 so you think Armenian genocide justifies the genocide against Turks in Balkans or the genocide committed against Turks by the Armenians in eastern Anatolia? You're disgusting if you think any genocide is justifiable.

    • @wankawanka3053
      @wankawanka3053 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well no one asked them to come in the balkans

  • @tylerdurden3153
    @tylerdurden3153 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Sadly this wasn't on my exam today

  • @VedeteLiveRomania.
    @VedeteLiveRomania. ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A history we all need to know

  • @Kiloryn
    @Kiloryn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When it's a video about balkan wars, grab popcorn and head to the comment section.

  • @costantinemf4207
    @costantinemf4207 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Thx from Greece!

    • @costantinemf4207
      @costantinemf4207 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Zlatan I'm saying about the video not that Greece took land :/

    • @shingosshojiopoulos6608
      @shingosshojiopoulos6608 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Zlatan they wont

    •  5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Zlatan that's optimistic. Just like you in the second Balkan war.

    • @janeza382
      @janeza382 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for Macedonia

    • @hwhshhsjsjahzjsnns6719
      @hwhshhsjsjahzjsnns6719 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Zlatan why not bro greets from 56th Tank division( that joined cyprus invasion) Ankara/Turkey

  • @rickyhunt4075
    @rickyhunt4075 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Well. That escalated quickly

  • @baronghede2365
    @baronghede2365 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the history; keep up the good work, Blessed Be.

  • @BossCampers1656
    @BossCampers1656 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Bulgaria: I want more land to unite my common people.
    Everyone else: Sure Bulgaria we’ll give you all the lands 😏

    • @andreiflore1262
      @andreiflore1262 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And then Bulgaria wakes up in her bed

    • @anushmikael2540
      @anushmikael2540 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Andrei Flore atleast we didnt get banged like the serbs in 1885

    • @mannr1
      @mannr1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@anushmikael2540 Why are you so obsessed with Serbia? You got fucked, and you got fucked several times. 2nd Balkan War, First World War, Second World War. If you try hard enough, Sofia will end up in Serbia.

    • @thejoke69
      @thejoke69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mannr1 Long live Serbia!

    • @thejoke69
      @thejoke69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What did Bulgaria ever done in her history?

  • @ultrasgreen1349
    @ultrasgreen1349 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Buglarian Tsar Ferdinand made some erroneous mistakes, that doomed his country to loose almos the majority of the territories its hundrends and thousands of soldiers died just a year before. He declared war on Serbia and Greece without making sure the Rumania and the Ottoman neutrality. Furthermore he declared war on Greece, ordered his troops to attack the greek positions but in the second day he ordered them to a defensive stance. What was the point of that? If he was to stay in defense he may had better not declare war at all! This just cause Greece to attack him from the south and add another warfront for the bulgarian army.

  • @masnocebe3902
    @masnocebe3902 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    1:49 The good relations between "allies" disappeared not because of land division, but because of mistreatment and persecution of Bulgarian civilians by the Serbs and Greeks. Also there was already 150 000 refugees in Bulgaria fleeing from their allies.

    • @sadettinarslan5324
      @sadettinarslan5324 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      At least Turks didnt make you flee for your lives and let you stay in your homelands and practice your religion. Yes it was a miserable life. Turks also commited crimes against bulgarians. But at least Turks were foreign invaders and you can understand the bad stuff foreign invaders can do and then look at your brothers and what they did your people. Now who is your real brother? Turks let you stay in your homelands that is why you were able to rebel altogether 400-500 years later. Serbs couldnt stand you not even for one year and made bulgarians refugee.

  • @SocialPrime
    @SocialPrime 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How many of your neighbors do you wanna be invaded by?
    Bulgaria: Yes

  • @radoslavradoslavov1964
    @radoslavradoslavov1964 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    nice video just one mistake, there was no declearence of war when romania attacked.

    • @keithbrown7685
      @keithbrown7685 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Romania was being an opportunist of the worst kind.

    • @user-kx3hq4ey2y
      @user-kx3hq4ey2y 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Keith Brown that is right,our leaders wanted to take back the so lost Romanian south territories than happend when the slavs came into europe,Dacia had a bigger teritory before it got invaded by the roman empire and in the end by the bizantine empire occupying Dobrogea,which was reintregated into Romania later,then the slavs and the hungarians came and for a thousand year our guys were divided,split from the mother land into “Principate” then after the Bulgarian and Hungarian occupation,our guys managed to take back territories from riots then we lost them again when the ottomans came.So year 1821 came,Ottoman empire was crippled and again,Romania was the point where Russia,Austro-Hungary and Ottoman Empire had to fight.WW2 came,Romania being such a big Nazi Germany fan could have never thought that Germany would sell us to the soviet union (as issued in the Ribentrop-Molotov thing).In conclusion,no matter how hard our people always fought for their lost terriroties,they would always lose it again and again cause of the other opportunists and super powers.Now ur point may be right,but i havent actually learned about the 2nd Balkan War yet,dont know if there was a defensive coalition between Romania and Serbia or whatever.Calling old Romania worst kind of opportunist isnt such a smart move as it was pure revenge,imagine what Vlad Țepeș (aka “Dracula”) wouldve actually done if the nobles didnt sell him for the 2nd time

    • @Anonymous-qx1vd
      @Anonymous-qx1vd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@user-kx3hq4ey2y what are you talking about?

    • @Anonymous-qx1vd
      @Anonymous-qx1vd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@user-kx3hq4ey2y Bulgaria had north and south dobruja centuries before Romania even existed

    • @RazvanBietu
      @RazvanBietu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Anonymous-qx1vd Dacia (old Romania) had north and south Dobruja before Bulgaria even existed

  • @_Jebb_
    @_Jebb_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Love to Bulgaria from Serbia

    • @rightwingreactionary
      @rightwingreactionary 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Love to Croatia from Bulgaria.

    • @krasimirastoyanova991
      @krasimirastoyanova991 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ferdinand wasnt even Bulgarian he was Austrian

    • @zarni000
      @zarni000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      erm the whole 2nd balkan war was started by Ferdinand without approval by parliament which was against the constitution of the country. That being said the serbs provided enough reasons for justifying the war...

    • @zarni000
      @zarni000 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GarmyanBayo not sure what Ferdinands funeral would have to do with betrayals by others though...

    • @zarni000
      @zarni000 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GarmyanBayo doubt it.. economy has nothing to do with it. You are making connections where there are none. Also I dont even live there...

  • @thechefbredren4358
    @thechefbredren4358 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It baffles me that all the cities they were fighting for and lands that they were tying to occupy all had been Greek for thousands of years before ottomans came .

  • @alparslankorkmaz2964
    @alparslankorkmaz2964 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nicely explained.

  • @scottadler
    @scottadler 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    An army Corpse? The word "corps" is pronounced "core".

  • @lautarozejan3935
    @lautarozejan3935 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Wouln´t have been cheaper for Bulgaria to build a new port on the aegean than going to war ?

    • @that4711
      @that4711 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Perhaps if they built a new port it wouldn't have the significance of Thessaloniki.

  • @Keeper2403
    @Keeper2403 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Isaac Asimov in his book "chronology of the world", says that: The problem with nations is that they all feel they ought to have all the lands they had at their greatest time. I would say that the problem is not with the nations people, but with narcissistic politicians. Peace to all my Balkan brothers (from Greece)

    • @runegold321
      @runegold321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well said, hopefully the Balkans won't go into such petty conflicts ever again 🙏