The Macedonian Struggle was a series of social, political, cultural and military conflicts that were mainly fought between Greek and Bulgarian subjects who lived in Ottoman Macedonia between 1893 and
Borders of the Balkan states before and after the Treaty of Bucharest (1913)
Seal of the CC of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization containing the motto Svoboda ili smart.
A Supreme Macedonian Committee's cheta during the Ilinden Uprising.
Seal of the Greek Macedonian Committee depicting Alexander the Great and Byzantine Emperor Basil II
The Balkan Wars were two conflicts that took place in the Balkan states in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War, the four Balkan states of Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria declared war upon t
Macedonian Struggle
…bands gained the upper hand. Though the conflict largely ceased by the Young Turk Revolution, it continued as a low intensity insurgency until the Balkan Wars. Initially the conflict was waged through educational and religious means, with a fierce rivalry developing between supporters of the Ecumenical…
A Bulgarian postcard depicting the Battle of Lule Burgas.
A Punch cartoon of October 2, 1912, by English cartoonist Leonard Raven-Hill depicting Britain, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia sitting on a lid on top of a pot marked "Balkan Troubles", satirizing the situation in the Balkans leading up to the First Balkan War
Nazım Pasha, the chief of staff of the Ottoman army, was assassinated in January 1913 by Young Turks due to his failure.
Bulgarian forces waiting to start their assault on Adrianople