The die is cast as Bulgaria embarks on a surprise attack against Serbia and Greece to gain the territories it feels it has earned. Major...

With the end of the First Balkan War, Bulgaria faces a difficult choice. Its army is on the brink of revolt, its neighbors are...

Just as Bulgaria achieves what one author terms its first diplomatic success of the war, the country is losing another kind of war. Major...

As the First Balkan War enters its final stages, the final 3 Ottoman fortresses are each forced to surrender. But even before the guns...

Mere hours after peace is agreed to, a coup tears up the treaty and brings the war back into an active phase. As a result, Bulgaria faces...

With the failure of Bulgaria's assault on the Chataldzha line, the pace of the war has declined and the Tsar accepted that an armistice...

As the Greeks and Serbs complete the defeat of most Ottoman forces in the rest of the Balkans, the Bulgarians finally begin the attack on...

After two weeks of great victories, the Balkan states try and press their advantage. But above all, the great race is for the city of...

As the Bulgarians, Serbs, and Greeks each win huge victories on the battlefield, can they capitalize on their success or will they be...

The war, decades in the making, to expel the Ottoman Empire from Europe has begun. In this episode, we look at the armies and societies...

This episode covers the second half of season 8, roughly from late 1904 until the beginning of the First Balkan War in 1912. In that...

This episode covers the first half of Season 8, roughly from 1895 to 1904. In that time, Ferdinand took firm control of Bulgarian...

As the Ottomans face war with Italy, another Albanian uprising, the resurgence of violence in Macedonia, and a coup, pressure mounts on...

Interethnic violence rocks a Bulgarian city, former members of the MRO decide they've had enough with the Young Turks and reform the...

In the aftermath of Bulgaria's declaration of independence, the new state works to establish its place on the European stage. Meanwhile a...

In the aftermath of the Young Turk Revolution, everyone from the Great Powers to the former right and left-wing factions of the MRO have...

One MRO faction sentences the other to death while the other embraces a revolution in the Ottoman Empire. Meanwhile the first elections...

An assassins bullet rocks Bulgarian politics, Ferdinand and his government attempt to further crack down on political organization, and...

A newspaper scandal brings down Prime Minister Petrov, allowing the actual leader of the governing party to finally take charge....

As the Russo-Japanese War reaches its climax, its conclusion has dramatic implications for Bulgaria and the Balkans. It also triggers a...