balance the French gains in Morocco. Bosnian Crisis A serious crisis occurred in when Austria–Hungary suddenly announced the annexation of Bosnia (peopled by Serbians) and Herzegovina, which until then had remained an Austrian protectorate. This was a strategic move on the part of Russia that gave freedom to move its warships, through the Dardanelles and the Bosporus, to the Mediterranean. The Turks were angry but could do nothing.
Serbia was furious and appealed to Russia for help. But Russia had not fully recovered from the war with Japan and did not therefore intervene, as it would have to face an aggressive Germany in support of Austria-Hungary. So Russia and Serbia had to wait until a more favourable time. The Balkan Wars Turkey was a powerful country in the south-west of Europe in the first half of eighteenth century.
Its empire extended over the Balkans and across Hungary to Poland. (Balkans is a region in south-eastern Europe between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.) Taking advantage of the political and economic instability of the Turkish Empire from the second half of the eighteenth century, Greece, followed by others, began to secede, one after another, from Turkish control. Balkan War I With encouragement from Russia, Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria and later Montenegro the Balkan League was formed in March to take over Macedonia. Macedonia had a mixed population.The war started in October and in less than two months the resistance of the Turks was broken.
The Turks were driven from their European provinces. But the problem started while dividing the conquered territories. According to the Treaty of London signed in May the new state of Albania was created and Macedonia was divided. Balkan War II The victors quarrelled over the division of Macedonia.
Bulgarians attacked their allies Serbia and Greece, but were easily defeated. The Turks took the opportunity to retake Adrianople, which they had lost. The second Balkan War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Bucharest in August . Two things emerged out of the Balkan crisis.
First, the Bulgarians felt injured and awaited an opportunity