Description

Recent history should remind us that it was events in the Balkans which sparked off World War I (1914-1918), with the assassination of the Austrian heir Prince Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, and the consequent invasion of Serbia by Austro-Hungarian armies on 2 August 1914. Nevertheless, the subsequent four-year war in that theatre is always overshadowed by the simultaneous campaigns on the Western Front. For the first time this book offers a concise account of these complex campaigns, the organisation, orders of battle, and the uniforms and insignia of the armies involved: Austro-Hungarian, German, Ottoman, Serbian, Montenegrin, Albanian, British, French, Italian, Russian, Bulgarian, Greek and Rumanian.

Table of Contents

Introduction - the significance of the Balkan front · The Balkan campaigns - the Austro-Hungarian attack on Serbia; Franco-British landings in Salonika and subsequent operations; Rumanian declaration of war; Allied attack in Macedonia, and advance on Belgrade · Armies in the Balkans; orders of battle, organisation, deployment - Austro-Hungarian; German; Serbian; Montenegrin & Albanian; British; French; Italian; Russian; Bulgarian; Greek; Rumanian · The plates - uniforms, insignia & personal equipment

Product details

Published Jul 25 2001
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 48
ISBN 9781841761947
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 51 b/w; 8 col
Dimensions 10 x 7 inches
Series Men-at-Arms
Short code MAA 356
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Nigel Thomas

NIGEL THOMAS PhD is an accomplished linguist and m…

Author

Dusan Babac

DUŠAN BABAC has an MSc in Hydrogeology from Belgra…

Illustrator

Darko Pavlovic

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