Why exactly is Bulgaria gaining territory? Were they expecting Bulgaria to be on the Allied side?
Also, why is Serbia losing land to the south if the Allies win?
Why exactly is Bulgaria gaining territory? Were they expecting Bulgaria to be on the Allied side?
i think its supposed to show them gaining all of macedoniaWhy exactly is Bulgaria gaining territory? Were they expecting Bulgaria to be on the Allied side?
Also, why is Serbia losing land to the south if the Allies win?
Why exactly is Bulgaria gaining territory? Were they expecting Bulgaria to be on the Allied side?
Also, why is Serbia losing land to the south if the Allies win?
I believe they were, in fact, expecting Bulgaria to join the war on the Entente's side, or at least stay neutral. From what I've found it seems that the Entente repeatedly tried to offer parts of Macedonia to Bulgaria in exchange for military cooperation or neutrality; in exchange, Serbia would get more territory from Austria-Hungary. The Serbian government, of course, categorically refused to consider this (Wikipedia claims Serbia's insistence on keeping Macedonia even at the expense of Bosnia was based on a geopolitical theory that "held that the dominant position in the Balkan Peninsula would be held by the country that controlled the valleys of the rivers Morava and Vardar"; the citation for this statement seems at least a little questionable but it sounds plausible to me). Even as late as 1918 there are American-published predictions of post-war Europe that show Bulgaria gaining territory: the Rand McNally & Co. "Peace Map of Europe" shows Bulgaria picking up most of East Thrace and a little bit of Greek Macedonia, while "A Europe of liberty and peace for every nation" from F. A. Ferris & Company has Bulgaria give up their Aegean coastline and some western territory in exchange for Serbian Macedonia south of the Vardar plus the area around Monastir/Bitola, as well as a decent amount of (inland) Thrace and Greek Macedonia, and most of Dobruja.Why exactly is Bulgaria gaining territory? Were they expecting Bulgaria to be on the Allied side?
Also, why is Serbia losing land to the south if the Allies win?
Also, why is Serbia losing land to the south if the Allies win?
Also, Austria annexing all of Serbia (and Albania) is hillarious
Where there even people in Vienna who wanted to annex Albania back then?Also, Austria annexing all of Serbia (and Albania) is hilarious
A restored commonwealth at the end of WWI would be interesting, but between the Bolsheviks and other Russian civil war factions just on the border, nationalists and other factions from all areas objecting to a union, and Germany probably wanting German-majority areas back, how long would it actually last, if it could even be implemented at all?
damn, still no sea port or Dalmatia isn´t going to Italy?
Guatemala used to claim part of Mexico. Nicaragua also claimed bits of Honduras and Costa Rica.
"We'll be shaking hands with the Nicaraguans in two weeks, boys"Poor Guatemala, so far from God, so close to Mexico.
The plan for such a Mega-Montenegro is said to have been scuttled by the Peace of Tilsit, but i doubt that was the case as the enlargement of such state would necessitate conflict with the Ottomans.Petar I conceived a plan in 1807 to revive a Serbian Empire ("Slaveno–Serb empire"), which he informed the Russian court.[28][29][30][31] Earlier, in June 1804, Habsburg Serb metropolitan Stefan Stratimirović informed the Russian court of the same plan.[32] Petar I's plan was to unite Podgorica, Spuž, Žabljak, the Bay of Kotor, Herzegovina, Dubrovnik and Dalmatia with Montenegro.[28] The title of Serbian emperor would be held by the Russian emperor.[28] The French–Russian peace treaty thwarted the plan.[28] After the French conquered Dalmatia, they offered Petar I the title of "Patriarch of all of the Serb nation or all Illyricum" under the condition that he stop cooperation with Russia and accept a French protectorate, which he declined, fearing eventual Papal jurisdiction.[29] The Metropolitanate of Cetinje began exerting influence towards Brda and Old Herzegovina, which considered Montenegro as the leader for liberation.[29] While his reputation and influence reached the surrounding lands, he increasingly directed himself to Revolutionary Serbia as the backbone for liberation and unification.[29] The project is included in several historiographical works.
I'd be interested in seeing this as well, if it hasn't been posted yet...Has a qbam version of the Sykes – Picot Agreement been made?
I'm very interested.