What happens if the Kingdom of Serbia wins the Serbo-Bulgarian War?
Feb 20, 2014 #1 Will Kürlich Kerl Banned What happens if the Kingdom of Serbia wins the Serbo-Bulgarian War?
Feb 20, 2014 #6 Halagaz Serbia can, realistically, score a limited victory in this war. A complete victory where Serbia would get to dictate the entire peace treaty is pretty much out of the question for a variety of reasons, up to and including how no one in Serbia wanted that war, and the soldiers were even told they would be fighting the Ottoman Empire. This means that the unification of the two Bulgarian principalities into one goes on, as in OTL; Serbia will most likely have to be satisfied with a small territorial gain, some kind of an economic payout, and the arrest or deportation of all Serbian political emigrees in Bulgaria opposed to King Milan. For the first few years after the war, only Serbia and Bulgaria would be significantly affected. In Serbia, the war (and the subsequent culling of his political enemies in Bulgaria) will allow King Milan to stifle the radical opposition and continue his autocratic rule indefinitely. This means that there's a chance (a small one, since King Milan's authoritarian character and carelessness are great at making enemies) that the authoritarian, vaguely pro-Austrian Obrenovic dynasty in Serbia is never replaced by a democratic/populist ruling clique of the Karadjordjevics. This could actually have global consequences - the assassination of [insert important Austrian figure] and even the Balkan Wars would happen in a very different way, or they might not happen at all.
Serbia can, realistically, score a limited victory in this war. A complete victory where Serbia would get to dictate the entire peace treaty is pretty much out of the question for a variety of reasons, up to and including how no one in Serbia wanted that war, and the soldiers were even told they would be fighting the Ottoman Empire. This means that the unification of the two Bulgarian principalities into one goes on, as in OTL; Serbia will most likely have to be satisfied with a small territorial gain, some kind of an economic payout, and the arrest or deportation of all Serbian political emigrees in Bulgaria opposed to King Milan. For the first few years after the war, only Serbia and Bulgaria would be significantly affected. In Serbia, the war (and the subsequent culling of his political enemies in Bulgaria) will allow King Milan to stifle the radical opposition and continue his autocratic rule indefinitely. This means that there's a chance (a small one, since King Milan's authoritarian character and carelessness are great at making enemies) that the authoritarian, vaguely pro-Austrian Obrenovic dynasty in Serbia is never replaced by a democratic/populist ruling clique of the Karadjordjevics. This could actually have global consequences - the assassination of [insert important Austrian figure] and even the Balkan Wars would happen in a very different way, or they might not happen at all.