The Second Balkan War - Explained in 10 minutes 

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Bulgaria was lucky that the Black Sea Did not have a army

Bulgaria in 1915: "One more game, double or nothing"

"I fear no man...But that thing..." *Balkan Politics and Wars* "It scares me..."

Bulgaria: "The risk I took was calculated....but man I'm I bad at math"

I hope the third Balkan war won't start in the comment section... Edit: too late

I am Bulgarian and I am always happy that one of our neighbour is the SEA!

The Balkan states fighting each other after working together repelling the Turks is the most Balkan thing ever happened

As bulgarian i can tell that getting Ferdinand as our Tzar was our biggest mistake in our new history - also there are rummors that when he ordered the attack he was drunk and in the next day he tried to negotiate peace,but Serbia and Greece refused.

Balkans logic : We have a common enemy that enslaved us for centuries and we are about to kick them out of Europe, but let´s fight each other and invite them to the party.

Greece,romania,serbia and the ottomans pulling the biggest "no u" in the history of balkans (1913,colorized)

My question was always about how Bulgaria (recently formed and never seemingly mentioned for economic prowess or riches) apparently fielded massive armies and equipment.

I 'm a romanian and I still find it strange that we'v enterd in this war whit some minimum teritorial achivments and that achivments it wasn't whit romanian population.Anyway I salute our bulgarians,serbs and greek brothers!

It seems Bulgaria didn't know that aggressive expansion would lead to a coalition against them. Ferdinand should have played EU4 first.

And this is how our eternal "Love" started btw eachother in Balkan.

Bulgaria: A nation of great people that - during the first part of the 20th century - was driven to disaster by incompetent leaders.

I''m from Bulgaria and when i read and watch about the Second Balkan war i get sick. I can't believe that we lost 2/3 of Thrace ( and temporary South Dobrudzha) in order to obtain Macedonia. This was madness!!!

Bulgaria had no chance of winning against literally all its neighbours

Someone: Hey, Bulgaria, no way you can go to war with all of your neighbors. Bulgaria: Hold my beer.

It's odd that Bulgaria and Turkey who'd been enemies in the Two Balkan Wars became allies in 1915 when Bulgaria joined the Central Powers. That must've been akward for diplomats and soldiers on both sides..... Bulgarian soldier: /to Turkish soldier/ Hey there, I haven't seen you since you killed several of my comrades along with innocent Bulgarian civilians in the last war, how've you been? Turkish soldier: /shrugs/ All right I guess. I'm still working through the pain caused by my family's death caused by you in the war before the last war. How about yourself?

I have atleast 3 Bulgarian friends as a Serbian.We will drink rakija one day and listen to "luda po tebe" hit ofcourse.Love both Greeks and Bugare.Have a good day brothers.

I was so angry that no one made videos about the balkan and our rich history. Thank you for looking at our history

poor Bulgaria....back then and now...words from a bulgarian :( God bless all the balkan people. Make them happy and not leaving their own country to go west...

NO WAR AGAINST BULGARIA EVER AGAIN! VERY GOOD PEOPLE WITH BIG HEART! SERBIA❤BULGARIA

Bulgaria would have looked so cool on the map if they would settled with what they had in the first place.

I think just saying the word "Balkan" triggers a second yugoslav war in every comment section

The first national catastrophe for Bulgaria. A few things are worth mentioning in relation to the video. The whole reason why Bulgaria joined the war efforts was because of its national unification. Only a few months after it was liberated by Russia in 1878, on the congress of Berlin, Bulgaria was divided by the Great Powers into small territories, most of which were returned to the Ottomans. The reason for this act was because the powerful empires did not wish to have a large pro-Russian state on the Balkans. So they decided to sacrifice our people's freedom, to get what they want. Millions of Bulgarians remained under Ottoman rule - something that no liberated Bulgarian would allow. From this point on it was the main priority for our country - to free our brethren in Macedonia and Thrace. This is why Bulgaria was so eager to go to war and which drove all men in the country to join the army. There were whole villages left with no men in them because they were all to war with the Muslims. And here is where it all gets twisted. The German monarch of Bulgaria - Ferdinand, who was just recently recognized as a Tsar in 1908, saw this potential and wanted to exploit it for his benefit. He started to talk about his coronation in the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople - a city that never belonged to Bulgaria in the first place. You see from the video that he decided on his own to attack our neighbors, but what you don't see is that the Bulgarian soldiers were tired, had no supplies, and adequate equipment for yet another war. The worst part was the lack of moral to the Bulgarian troops, who were confused and frustrated to fight against the Greeks and the Serbs after they've won so many victories against the Turks together. Bulgarian Tsar - Ferdinand deserved to lose like that, but the Bulgarian people didn't. They fought bravely in the First Balkan War to liberate their brothers from 5 centuries of Muslim rule, and what they received, in the end, was a shameful loss. The lands which they liberated were returned to the Turks or were taken by other countries - which hurts the most because there were Bulgarians living there. Never again after that did Bulgaria have the same fighting spirit, as people realized that no matter how good your cause is, no matter how good you fight for it, politicians can always fail you for their own agendas.

As a bulgarian: One of my great great grandfathers died very young in this war. His wife had to take care of four children alone. My great grandmother /one of their daughters/ had to work at the age of 8. She had to cross the mountin and lead donkeys, loaded with coal, from the coal mines to the village, through the deep forest every day. Alone. Another great grandfather came back from the war with one leg. His brother too. Their father, looking at them had said "I have two sons with two legs". I guess that`s how people could go through all that pain - by joking.

I'm from Greece and personally don't hate any ethnicity we must learn to live together in peace, Serbians Greeks Bulgarian and Turks it doesn't matter we live in the same neighborhood and must try to live in peace ✌️

Bulgaria: "Declaring war on all my neighbors, except the one that is actually is openly hostile to me(to which I'll leave my flank wide open to), sounds like a great idea!"

I came here to say this is one of the best channels of RU-vid. I love maps.

Fun fact : The last south Macedonian region under Bulgarian control after 1913 also fell to the allied Greek forces after ww1 and Bulgaria permantly lost opening to the Aegan thus the Mediterranean

I'm a high-school student in Bulgaria and these events are portrayed very differently in our history books. Basically, according to them, we carried all the attacks on all fronts all by ourselves and then our greedy neighbours decided to screw us and grab OUR land from underneath our nose and when we tried to bring justice into the region our other greedy neighbours decided to rob us from some more territory, thus stopping us forever from achieving our dreams of a unified Bulgaria for all Bulgarian people (even though it included mostly Greek and Turkish territories lmaooo). It's really bamboozling to see at what lengths a nation would come to try and save themselves from the shame of being a greedy betraying asshole.

The contents here have improved so much in the last few months. Keep up the excellent works

Romania and ottoman empire: join the war Bulgaria: guess i'll die

These are superbly done, narrated, and animated, well done Gents❕-Cheers🥂👍🏻👍🏻

When you're Bulgarian: Stop, stop. Please be an alternative history video, please be an alternative history video.

Bulgaria gained the most from the first, was not satisfied...well look at them now...they would love to go back to those borders

Man I’ve been searching for so long for a review against the 2nd war well good ones

Bulgaria : you know I am somewhat of a Napoleon myself...

Finally a Commentator that I can full undetstand. All of the rest have mouthfull voice

You didn't explain why Romania joined the war. The Bulgarians were supposed (see the Saint Petersburg agreement) to transfer a former Ottoman territory to Romania. Bulgaria refused to honor the agreement.

Second balkan war explaind in 1 minute: Bulgars attacked, Serbs and Greeces protected, Turish and Romanian people attacked Bulgaria, Bulgaria fucked up

Bulgarian invasion need Benny Hill theme.

in others words :Bulgaria's gang bang

I'm Brazilian and I wish not only peace but also unity to the Balkans. No more fight.

Love these! Great job

You put out a great entertaining video. The only thing I didn't understand was over what timeframe the events were unfolding before the war. Was it like months or years. I knew nothing about the Balkins before watching this video.

Bulgaria: gets the most lands after the Balkan war Also Bulgaria: not enough

I bet that was a big *"BRUH"* Moments for the allies

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

Loveeee youuuu mannn, thank you sooo much...

They nearly doubled themselves in size and thought it wasn't enough.

Ferdinald will not divide us! Orthodox Balkans United!

Bulgaria:I want make the Great Bulgaria! Serbia:I want make the Great Serbia! Bulgaria:How dare you! Serbia:How dare you too! (Second Balkan War)

as a Bulgarian this pains me every time

Finally after so many weeks of waiting you came thru...😁

I won the Second Balkan war in HOI4 Great War Mod 😏

-General Ivanov , Field Marshal of the Bulgarian forces, writes in his memoirs: „ We were able to hold on for so long, because the enemy was clampsy, they could not estimate how serious our situation was, they could not exploit over our difficulties…. I thought I had predicted everything though, I had guessed of everything, everything but the Greek madness“.

Bulgaria: I want to be independent.. Ottoman :NO Serbia:HE SAID THE N WORDS! 1st balkan war. Serbia: I Won.. Hungary : NO. Romania: HEY HE SAY THE N WORDS. 2nd balkan war

Well. That escalated quickly

what a major mistake it was not to retake constantinople.

Ferdinand ordered 7m. long white Cross which was supposed to be on the top of Haga Sophia, Great Powers stopped him ...

When you get coalition in eu4

08:26 the way you said 'Dojran' and 'Kilkis - Lachanas' made me laugh till tears

The Treaty of Bucharest signed on 10 august 1913, was the only treaty signed and respected without the intervention of the great powers of the day. Can you imagine Russia, Austro-Hungary, France, Italy, United Kingdom or Germany as pure spectators during the peace negotiations, during the signing and after !

Very good video, From 🇹🇷. I wish for peace in the balkan region of europe.. hope all the disputes find a solution to them.

But i loved your explaination man ...thanks for saving me 👏💜💜💜💜💜

One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans. -Otto von Bismarck

Еха това е много яко, ако може прави повече такива клипове за България

Nicely explained.

Great video

Please make a video about the Balkans in the 1st World War!!!

Let me oversimplify the Second Balkan war for you. Serbia: Awesome! I won- Bulgaria: No! Romania: Ay He SaId ThE n WoRd!! *Second Balkan war intensifies*

I love the history; keep up the good work, Blessed Be.

Very well done

"The Greek Navy was the chief factor in the general success of the allies." -Nikola Ivanov "In four days I will have completely destroyed both the Serbians & the Greeks." -Michail Savov "I had prepared & thought of everything, everything except the craziness of the Greeks" -Nikola Ivanov

Bulgarians in 1913: we will get Macedonia (failed) Bulgarians in 1915-1918: we will get Macedonia (failed) Bulgarians in 1941-1944: we will get Macedonia (failed) Lesson learned: if you hit the head against the wall nothing will happen to the wall but some damage will happen to the head

Thank you very much for this video. Now the Balkan part of WWI finally makes sense.

I just subscribed your videos are very good Historían approved!

Slavs and Greeks: We are eager to fight! Albania: Grabs a load of popcorn and watches from the side and enjoying the scene!

Objective and precise presentation of the facts, thumps up for the video.

Много добро видео

A history we all need to know

Bulgaria has already lost (via immigration) 2 million people since the joining of the EU. Same will happen with albania and north macedonia .

Ozbiljne teme!

Best period in Balkan history, what a wonderful show of cooperation.

Good stuff.Im a new subscriber

Why is Holy Mountain mutant?

How many of your neighbors do you wanna be invaded by? Bulgaria: Yes

To quote the Soldier from Team Fortress 2: "Well that went pear-shaped fast..."

Very nice, informative and balanced vids. Only one problem: I'm from Bulgaria and i have no idea about the places you talk about.

Amazing video man thank you

When it's a video about balkan wars, grab popcorn and head to the comment section.

We Bulgarians have such a lovely trustworthy neighbors... Good that the Black Sea had no army

Message sent back in time to Bulgarian King.."Quit while you're ahead".

Its ridiculous cause after the 1 Balkan war Bulgaria already got the most territories

Man, are you romanian? Because I heard you are "DO" from "LUMEA LUI DEDO"

Balkan wars 1&2 are both good videos. At times it seemed stilted or hesitant and sounded off. Also some of the pronunciations were interesting

Nice!