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Prelude to the First World War: The Balkan Wars 1912-1913
E. R. Hooton
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Hardcover. The almost-forgotten story of the 1912-13 Balkan Wars that became the precursor to First World War Num Pages: 236 pages, 36 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
The fuse to the First World War was lit in the Balkans where simmering hatreds exploded into violence. Like a string of firecrackers, these hatreds had been fuelled by attacks on the Turkish Ottoman Empire in the previous few years. From 1911-1912, Italy seized Libya. In 1912, the Balkan states united to drive Turkey out of Europe in the First Balkans War, and in the following year in the Second Balkans War, turned on each other in a division of the spoils which allowed Turkey to retain a foothold in Europe. This was a war of land campaigns, sea battles ... Read more
The fuse to the First World War was lit in the Balkans where simmering hatreds exploded into violence. Like a string of firecrackers, these hatreds had been fuelled by attacks on the Turkish Ottoman Empire in the previous few years. From 1911-1912, Italy seized Libya. In 1912, the Balkan states united to drive Turkey out of Europe in the First Balkans War, and in the following year in the Second Balkans War, turned on each other in a division of the spoils which allowed Turkey to retain a foothold in Europe. This was a war of land campaigns, sea battles ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Toadsmoor Road, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781551806
SKU
V9781781551806
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99-50
About E. R. Hooton
E. R. HOOTON was a defence journalist for twenty-eight years and has written for most of the major publications on a wide variety of subjects. The author has written some twelve books mostly on aviation history including several on the Luftwaffe and the first history of air operations over the Western Front in some fifty years. In addition, Hooton has ... Read more
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