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Serbian campaign of World War I

July 28, 1914 – November 24, 1915

Result Serbian victory (1914); Central Powers victory (1915); Allied victory (1918)

Austria-Hungary's invasions of Serbia: twice thrown back in 1914 at Cer and the Kolubara, then in the autumn of 1915 German, Austro-Hungarian and Bulgarian armies overran Serbia and Montenegro, and the Serbian army retreated across Albania to Corfu.

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Battles 6

July 28 – December 15, 1914
Serbian campaign (1914) Serbian victory Kingdom of Serbia · Kingdom of Montenegro Janko Vukotić, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Radomir Putnik
August 15–24, 1914
Battle of Cer Serbian victory Cer Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Radomir Putnik, Stepa Stepanović
October 5–16, 1915
Fall of Belgrade (1915) Central Powers victory Belgrade August von Mackensen
October 14 – November 9, 1915
Morava Offensive Bulgarian victory Stepa Stepanović, Kliment Boyadzhiev
October 14 – November 15, 1915
Ovče Pole Offensive Bulgarian victory Georgi Todorov
October 17 – November 21, 1915
Battle of Krivolak Bulgarian victory Krivolak Georgi Todorov

Key commanders

Central Powers 10

Franz Joseph I of Austria belligerent leader Ferdinand I of Bulgaria military commander August von Mackensen military commander Max von Gallwitz military commander Nikola Zhekov military commander Oskar Potiorek military commander Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli military commander Liborius Ritter von Frank military commander Kliment Boyadzhiev military commander Georgi Todorov military commander

Allies 8

Janko Vukotić military commander Peter I of Serbia military commander Alexander I of Yugoslavia military commander Radomir Putnik military commander Stepa Stepanović military commander Petar Bojović military commander Pavle Jurišić Šturm military commander Živojin Mišić military commander

Bulgaria 1

Georgi Todorov military commander