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    The Balkans (/ˈbɔːlkənz/ BAWL-kənz), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical...
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    The Balkans theatre or Balkan campaign was a theatre of World War I fought between the Central Powers (Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany and the Ottoman...
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    languages of the Balkans. Several features are found across these languages though not all apply to every single language. The Balkan sprachbund is a prominent...
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    side of the Central Powers (November 1914), the decisive factor in the Balkans became the attitude of Bulgaria. Bulgaria occupied a strategically important...
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    World War I Castellan, Georges (1999). Histoire des Balkans: XIVe-XXe siècle [History of the Balkans: 14th-20th century] (in French). Paris: Fayard....
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    estimated 200–300 journalists from around the world covered the war in the Balkans in November 1912. The official censorship bureau was established at the...
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    pieces of Balkan 250 K were produced, which were specially designed for racing. Compared to the standard models, they differed in the raised front fender...
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    of Kratovo. Leo Freundlich, a journalist who traveled in the Balkans during the Balkan Wars observed massacres against Albanians committed in Kratovo...
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    Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Southeast Europe (Balkans), and lasted from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945. Of the estimated 70–85 million...
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    the Balkan League, an alliance of Serbia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, and Greece. The League quickly overran most of the Ottomans' territory in the Balkans during...
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    Constantine I of Greece (category Greek military personnel of the Balkan Wars)
    Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and led the Greek forces during the successful Balkan Wars of 1912–1913, in which Greece expanded to include Thessaloniki, doubling...
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    commander of Army Group B. In 1944, Weichs commanded Army Group F in the Balkans overseeing the German retreat from Greece and most of Yugoslavia. During...
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  • serve in the Mediterranean and Balkans theatres and by the years end had 73 victories. In 1944 he returned to the Western Front and fought Normandy Campaign...
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    million native speakers. Albanian and other Paleo-Balkan languages had their formative core in the Balkans after the Indo-European migrations in the region...
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    German invasion of Hungary (category Battles and operations of the Eastern Front of World War II)
    the east and the prospect of British and American forces invading the Balkans, the German military decided to retain Hungarian forces in the field and...
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    Athens on 27 April. The mainland Balkans campaign ended with the evacuation of British forces on 28 April. In the Balkans List became implicated in the mass...
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    Christian Roma in the Balkans. Garachi Shia Islam followers Roma people in Azerbaijan Gurbeti Muslim Roma in Northern Cyprus, Turkey and Balkans. Horahane or Xoraxai...
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    1912 First Balkan War resulted in the loss of almost all of the empire's European territory and the mass expulsion of Muslims from the Balkans. Ottoman...
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    Albania (redirect from Albania (Balkans))
    Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is in the Balkans, on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares...
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    The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during the First World War. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German Army opened...
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    during the Second World War, in which he led units in the Eastern Front and in the Balkans. After the war, he was tried for war crimes and convicted in the...
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  • Julien Radenez, Le Courrier des Balkans, 05/09/2015 Ederlezi, retour aux sources - Julien Radenez, Le Courrier des Balkans, 01/01/2022 Videos: Ederlezi...
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    in the Balkans: 1915-1919". foreignlegion.info. Retrieved 22 June 2021. Here is the detailed history of the French Foreign Legion in the Balkans during...
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    course of events, the maintenance of the status quo in the regions of the Balkans or of the Ottoman coasts and islands in the Adriatic and in the Aegean...
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    Lebensmittelversorgung in Westfalen während des Ersten Weltkrieges [The hunger blockade and the home front: communal food supply in Westphalia during World...
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    Nivelle offensive (category Battles of the Western Front (World War I))
    reserves from the French fronts on the Aisne and in Champagne. The main offensive was to be delivered by the French on the Chemin des Dames ridge (the Second...
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    The National Popular Front (also known as the National People's Front; Greek: Εθνικό Λαϊκό Μέτωπο (ΕΛΑΜ), Ethniko Laiko Metopo (ELAM)) is a far-right,...
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    Crete. With the Balkans secure, Germany and its allies attacked the Soviet Union in the largest land operation in history. The Balkans campaign delayed...
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    part in the Battle of France in 1940. In 1941, Harmel took part in the Balkans Campaign and Operation Barbarossa. In December 1941, Harmel took command...
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    Liberation of Serbia, Albania and Montenegro (1918) (category Battles of the Balkans Theatre (World War I))
    Liberation of Serbia, Albania and Montenegro was a military action in the Balkans in the final weeks of World War I. Between 29 September and 11 November...
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