✦ History

Macedonian front

October 21, 1915 – September 30, 1918

Result Allied victory

Ended by Armistice of Salonica

The Allied front north of Salonika against Bulgaria and Germany, from the landings of 1915 to the breakthrough of September 1918 that forced Bulgaria to sign an armistice.

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Battles 11

August 9–18, 1916
Battle of Doiran (1916) Bulgarian victory Dojran Lake Maurice Sarrail
August 17–28, 1916
Battle of Florina The Bulgarians capture Florina Florina Kliment Boyadzhiev, Pavle Jurišić Šturm
August 17–23, 1916
Struma operation Struma
September 12 – December 11, 1916
Monastir offensive Allied Powers victory Bitola Petar Bojović, Nikola Zhekov, Georgi Todorov
September 12–30, 1916
Battle of Kaymakchalan Serbian victory Kajmakčalan Kliment Boyadzhiev, Živojin Mišić
October 1916 – November 1916
Battle of the Crna Bend (1916) Entente victory Živojin Mišić
March 12 – May 26, 1917
Battle of Monastir (1917) Central Powers victory Maurice Sarrail, Otto von Below
April 22 – May 8, 1917
Battle of Doiran (1917) Bulgarian victory Dojran Lake Vladimir Vazov
May 5–9, 1917
Battle of the Crna Bend (1917) Central Powers victory Crna Mikhail Diterikhs
September 15–29, 1918
Vardar offensive Allied victory Stepa Stepanović, Petar Bojović, Georgi Todorov
September 18–19, 1918
Battle of Doiran (1918) Bulgarian victory Dojran Lake Vladimir Vazov

Key commanders

Central Powers 9

August von Mackensen military commander Nikola Zhekov military commander Georgi Todorov military commander Kliment Boyadzhiev military commander Friedrich von Scholtz military commander Abdul Kerim Pasha military commander Otto von Below military commander Kuno von Steuben military commander Vladimir Vazov military commander

Allies 10

Bryan Mahon military commander Petar Bojović military commander Živojin Mišić military commander Maurice Sarrail military commander Louis Franchet d'Espèrey military commander Adolphe Guillaumat military commander Stepa Stepanović military commander Paul Prosper Henrys military commander Mikhail Diterikhs military commander Pavle Jurišić Šturm military commander