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In 1882 the Principality of Serbia was elevated to the status of kingdom. Between 1912 and 1913, Serbia greatly enlarged its territory through engagement in the First and Second Balkan Wars. After World War I it merged with nearby territories to form the Kingdom of the Slovenes, Croats and Serbs.
Establishment
March 1882: In 1882 Serbia was elevated to the status of kingdom.
Chronology
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Was a war between the Kingdom of Serbia and the Principality of Bulgaria.
November 1885: In 1885, during the Serbo-Bulgarian War, the Bulgarian Army, led by Knyaz Alexander I, successfully flanked the Serbian position in Pirot, forcing the Serbians to abandon the town. This military occupation of Pirot by Bulgaria was a significant event in the conflict between the two neighboring countries.
March 1886: According to the terms of a peace treaty signed in Bucharest, no changes were made to the Bulgarian-Serbian border (status quo ante bellum).
Were two wars fought in southeastern Europe in 1912-1913 during which the states of the Balkan League (Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro and Serbia) first conquered Macedonia and much of Thrace from the Ottomans and then clashed with each other over the division of the conquered lands.
2.1.Second Balkan War
Was a war fought by Bulgary against a coalition of Balkan states. During the First Balkan War the Balkan League had conquered most of the Ottoman Balkan territories. Bulgaria was dissatisfied by the territorial partition and invaded its former allies.
2.1.1.Treaty of Bucarest
Was the treaty that ended the Second Balkan War.
August 1913: The eastern frontier of Serbia was drawn from the top of Patarika and followed the watershed between the Vardar and Struma rivers to the Greek-Bulgarian border, except for the Strumica valley which remained in Bulgaria.
August 1913: After the First Balkan War of 1912, territories of Kosovo and north-western Macedonia were internationally recognised as a part of Serbia and northern Metohija as a part of Montenegro at the Treaty of London of May 1913. The final borders were ratified at the Treaty of Bucharest of 1913.
Was a global conflict between two coalitions, the Allies (primarily France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States) and the Central Powers (led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire). It was mainly caused by the competition of the western countries over domain in Europe and in the rest of the world with their colonial empires. The war ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. The war also caused the Russian Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War.
3.1.World War I Balkan Theatre
Was the theatre of war in the Balkan Peninsula during World War I.
3.1.1.Albania during World War I
Albanian theatre of World War I.
3.1.1.1.Collapse of Albania
Invasion of Albania by the central powers during World War I.
June 1915: King Nicholas I of Montenegro, an ally of the Serbs, ordered the occupation of Albanian territory north of the Drin River on 11 June.
3.1.2.Serbia during World War I
Serbian theatre of World War I.
3.1.2.1.Invasion of Serbia
Invasion of Serbia by the Central Powers during World War I.
August 1914: In 1914, the Austro-Hungarian armies, led by General Oskar Potiorek, crossed the border and the Drina River into Serbia. This marked the beginning of World War I in the region.
August 1914: After a fierce four-day battle in Car, the Austro-Hungarians were forced to retreat.
September 1914: Front line shift in the region of Galicia, which is now part of Ukraine.
October 1914: Under pressure from its allies, Serbia conducted a limited offensive across the Sava river into the Austro-Hungarian region of Syrmia with its Serbian First Army. It was the Battle of Drina.
November 1914: Line to which the Serbian army withdrew voluntarly.
November 1914: Advancement of Austria-Hungary in Serbia by 30th November.
December 1914: The Austro-Hungarian Army entered Belgrade.
December 1914: The Serbian Army recaptured Belgrade. Serbia reconqiered all its territory.
October 1915: The Austro-Hungarians and Germans began their attack on 7 October with their troops crossing the Drina and Sava rivers.
October 1915: The city of Belgrade was captured by the Central Powers.
October 1915: The Bulgarian Army attacked Serbia from the north of Bulgaria towards Niš and from the south towards Skopje.
November 1915: In October 1915 the French divisions advanced up to the Vardar River.
November 1915: Front Line of Austria Hungary military occupation of Serbia by November 5th, 1914.
November 1915: The Morava Offensive Operation was undertaken by the Bulgarian First Army between 14 October 1915 and 9 November 1915. As a result, the Serbian forces were compelled to retreat towards Kosovo and Metohija.
November 1915: The Ovche Pole Offensive Operation was an operation of the Bulgarian Army that occurred between 14 October 1915 and 15 November 1915. It secured the south-eastern front of Serbia to Bulgaria.
November 1915: The Serbian government and supreme command made the decision to retreat through Montenegro and Albania where they hoped to reach the Adriatic coast and be rescued by Allied ships.
December 1915: The allied forces retreat from the Vardar River.
January 1916: By January 1916, the Serbian Army had been defeated by an Austrian-Hungarian, German and Bulgarian invasion.
3.1.3.Liberation of the Balkan States
Was the liberation of the Balkan states from the Central Powers during World War I.
September 1918: Serbian and French forces liberated Skopje.
October 1918: Vranje was liberated on 5 October.
October 1918: The 2nd Serbian Army under Stepa Stepanovic, with French forces, advanced northwest towards Kosovo. Pristina was liberated by the 11th French Colonial Division on 10 October.
October 1918: Niš conquered by Kingdom of Serbia.
October 1918: Peć conquered by Kingdom of Serbia.
November 1918: Belgrade conquered by Kingdom of Serbia.
November 1918: The Serbian army reached the border with Bosnia-Hercegovina at Dobor Pole.
3.2.Aftermath of World War I
Were a series of treaties and military events that can be considered a direct consequence of World War I.
November 1918: The short history of the Banat Republic ended on November 15, 1918 with the invasion of Serbian troops, who took over the administration.
3.2.1.Aftermath of World War I in Yugoslavia
Events that happened shortly after the end of World War I in Yugoslavia.
November 1918: The Kingdom of Serbia absorbed the Kingdom of Montenegro at the Podgorica Assembly.
December 1918: Serbia united with the newly created State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs to form a new southern Slav state, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
Disestablishment
September 1918: Serbian and French forces liberated Skopje.
October 1918: Vranje was liberated on 5 October.
October 1918: The 2nd Serbian Army under Stepa Stepanovic, with French forces, advanced northwest towards Kosovo. Pristina was liberated by the 11th French Colonial Division on 10 October.
October 1918: Niš conquered by Kingdom of Serbia.
October 1918: Peć conquered by Kingdom of Serbia.
November 1918: Belgrade conquered by Kingdom of Serbia.
November 1918: The Serbian army reached the border with Bosnia-Hercegovina at Dobor Pole.
November 1918: The short history of the Banat Republic ended on November 15, 1918 with the invasion of Serbian troops, who took over the administration.
November 1918: The Kingdom of Serbia absorbed the Kingdom of Montenegro at the Podgorica Assembly.
December 1918: Serbia united with the newly created State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs to form a new southern Slav state, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
Selected Sources
Cook, C. / Stevenson, J. (2006): The Routledge Companion to World History since 1914, Routledge, p.4
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