Where are the Balkans and why were they imporat during the first wrld war?

Question

I am in my history lesson and can not find any answers on wikipedia or google so please do help.

Answer 1

you just didn't look for it, try once again

Answer 2

The Balkans are broadly speaking the old Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia etc.

Prior to the first World War they were part of the Austria-Hungarian Empire.

It was in the Balkans that the assassination occurred of an important Prince in the Austria Hungarian Empire that sparked the series of events that ultimately led to WW1. It was essentially a clash between the organisations making up the triple entente and the triple alliance, Britain, France + another in the triple entents, Germany, I think Turkey and another in the triple alliance

Sorry I cannot be more accurate I am doing this quickly from memory but if you put a few of those facts into google or wikopedia then you will probably get a bit further good luck.

Answer 3

Further to some of the replies the Balkan countries were all at some period leading up to near the start of the Great War under the rule of the Ottoman Empire of Turkey, but over a period of approx 100 years these countries gradually threw off the Ottoman rule. The area known as the Gallipoli Peninsula or Dardanelles was fought over by a combined force of British French, Australian and New Zealand troops who attempted to invade this area which was Turkish territory. The first part of the invasion commenced on the 3 November 1914 when a combined force of French and British ships bombarded the Dardanelles forts. The first troops landed on the 25th February 1914 and last were withdrawn in early January 1916. The Gallipoli campaign it was known was considered a disaster and was originally conceived by Sir Winston Churchill, who was forced to resign as the First Lord of the Admiralty after this failure. The combined allied force lost 200,000 dead for no gain what so ever.

Answer 4

I have just looked in my library and found out that the Balkans is a peninsula of S E Europe stretching into the mediterranean between the Adriatic and aegean seas..comprising Albania Bulgaria Greece Romania..Turkey in Europe and yugoslavia. It is joined to the rest of Europe by an isthmus 1,200 km/750miles wide between Rijeka on the west and the mouth of the Danube on the black sea to the east.

BALKAN WARS....two wars 1912-13 and 1913 which resulted in the expulsion by the Balkan states of Ottoman Turkey from Europe except for a small area around Istanbul.

Hope i've been some help to you.....Good luck.

Answer 5

1) The region north of Greece, comprising several countries. Look on an atlas.
2) The Balkans were the cause for much distrust and rivalry between the Austro-Hungary Empire, Russia, Italy and Turkey. Troubles there, such as demands for independence by natives and attempts as domination by the Great Powers, reviberated across Europe; the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serbian militants was the spark that caused WWI. Look in a history book for more.

Answer 6

The countries commonly included in the Balkan region are:

Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Montenegro
Greece
Republic of Macedonia
Serbia
Turkey, but only the European section of it.

On June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austrian throne, and his wife, in Sarajevo (the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina) after purchasing a sandwich. Princip was a member of Young Bosnia, a group whose aims included the unification of the South Slavs and independence from Austria-Hungary. The assassination in Sarajevo set into motion a series of fast-moving events that escalated into a full-scale war. However, the ultimate causes of the conflict were multiple and complex

Answer 7

The Balkans were far more than the area of the former state of Yugoslavia as someone else has suggested.

"The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe a region of southeastern Europe. The region has a combined area of 550,000 km² and a population of around 55 million."

It includes the modern countries of Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, and other parts of the former Yugoslavia."
All these areas had been part of the Ottoman Empire of Turkey, but one by one they broke free. But once free they quarreled among themselves over borders and territories. That the people of the region were divided along racial and religious grounds made things worse. A large part of the population of this region were ethnically Slave, and thus related to the ruling ethnicity in the Russian Empire. In the quarrels within the Balkans the Russians supported Slav groups, partly out of fellowship, and partly to enable them to gain control of the City of Constantinople - an ambition the other powers of Europe disliked. Before the first World War the Austrian Empire had a Slav minority and neighbouring Serbia wanted to take the regions they occupied. In 1914 a Serbian terrorist assassinated the heir to the Austrian throne. Having endured Serbian terrorism for many years the Austrians decided to end it by invading Serbia and and forcing the government there to alter the behavior of that county (sound familiar?). Russia, as an ally of the Serbs declared war on Austria. Germany came to help Austria, whereas France, an ally of Russia in other international affairs came to aid Russia. When, in order to prosecute their war on France the Germans invaded neutral Belgium - which had been guaranteed its independence by major treaties - the British joined in to help Belgium. As Japan was then an ally of Britain - and wanted the German colonies in the Far East. - it joined in as well. In 1917 the USA, which disliked the way the German submarines attacked merchant ships at sea without warning, joined in as well. Thus the Great War, a tragedy of misunderstandings whose consequences plague us today.

Answer 8

I believe the Balkans is the area that comprises the peninsula of Greece and the island of Crete in the Adriatic Sea. It was important for it was a waterway which was used by both sides for maritime battles at Gallipoli and the means to travel to the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. It was specially important for the Ottoman Turks if they were to be of any assistance to the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary.

Answer 9

Balkans is he region on which Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Kosovo and Albania lies. Important in a sense that it was the war started when a Ethnic Serb, Gavrilo Princip shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austrian throne, and his wife, in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914,

Answer 10

Socialist Yugoslavia was declared by Marshall Tito in 1945. The communists were able to deal with national aspirations by creating a federation of six nominally equal republics - Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Macedonia. In Serbia the two provinces of Kosovo and Vojvodina were given autonomous status. Communist rule restored stability and good relations with the west ensured a steady stream of loans. Later, however, national and ethnic tensions increased due to unequal development and a growing burden of debt. When Tito died in 1980 many expected the federation to break up but Yugoslavia was to survive for another ten years.

Answer 11

Balkans is a place that now in Bulgaria, Greek and Turkey ... İf you control this area in WW1 you can control Black Sea and rusha.