✦ History

Second Balkan War

June 29 – August 10, 1913

Result Bulgarian defeat

Ended by Treaty of Bucharest (1913), Treaty of Constantinople (1913)

Bulgaria attacked its former allies Serbia and Greece over the division of Macedonia; Romania and the Ottoman Empire joined in, and Bulgaria lost most of its gains.

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Battles 7

June 30 – July 9, 1913
Battle of Bregalnica Serbian/Montenegrin victory Battle of Bregalnica Janko Vukotić, Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Radko Dimitriev
July 2–4, 1913
Battle of Kilkis–Lachanas Greek victory Battle of Kilkis–Lachanas Nikola Ivanov, Constantine I of Greece
July 4–7, 1913
Battle for Knjaževac Bulgarian victory Knjaževac Vasil Kutinchev
July 6–8, 1913
Battle of Pirot (1913) Serbian victory Racho Petrov, Stepa Stepanović
July 19, 1913
Battle of Kalimanci Bulgarian victory Vinica Municipality Mihail Savov, Georgi Todorov
July 21–31, 1913
Battle of Kresna Gorge Inconclusive Battle of Kresna Gorge Mihail Savov, Vasil Kutinchev, Nikola Ivanov
July 22–23, 1913
Siege of Adrianople (1913) Ottoman victory Edirne Enver Pasha, Ahmed Izzet Pasha

Key commanders

Serbia and allies 13

Mehmed V belligerent leader Pavlos Kountouriotis military commander Janko Vukotić military commander Carol I of Romania military commander Ferdinand I of Romania military commander Enver Pasha military commander Peter I of Serbia military commander Radomir Putnik military commander Stepa Stepanović military commander Petar Bojović military commander Alexander I of Yugoslavia military commander Živojin Mišić military commander Constantine I of Greece military commander

Bulgaria 8

Racho Petrov military commander Radko Dimitriev military commander Ferdinand I of Bulgaria military commander Mihail Savov military commander Vasil Kutinchev military commander Nikola Ivanov military commander Stiliyan Kovachev military commander Georgi Todorov military commander

Ottoman Empire 2

Enver Pasha military commander Ahmed Izzet Pasha military commander