Untertitel:
The Battle of Dobro Pole 1918
Herausgeber:
Indiana University Press
Erscheinungsdatum:
03.05.2010
Informationen zum Autor Richard C. Hall is Professor of History at Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus, Georgia. He is author of Bulgaria's Road to the First World War and The Balkan Wars 1912-1913: Prelude to the First World War. Klappentext With the transfer of German units to the western front in the spring of 1918, the position of the Central Powers on the Macedonian front worsened. Materiel became scarce and morale among the Bulgarian forces deteriorated. The Entente Command perceived in Macedonia an excellent opportunity to apply additional pressure to the Germans, who were already retreating on the western front. In September, Entente forces undertook an offensive directed primarily at Bulgarian defenses at Dobro Pole. Balkan Breakthrough tells the story of that battle and its consequences. Dobro Pole was the catalyst for the collapse of the Central Powers and the Entente victory in southeastern Europe-a defeat that helped persuade the German military leadership that the war was lost. While decisive in ending World War I in the region, the battle did not resolve the underlying national issues there. Zusammenfassung A decisive battle in a war within a war Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps Acknowledgments Introduction Note on Transliteration 1. Balkan Politics 2. Balkan Wars 3. The Establishment of the Macedonian Front 4. Development of the Macedonian Front 5. The Lull 6. The Erosion of the Bulgarian Army 7. Breakthrough 8. Collapse 9. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
Klappentext
With the transfer of German units to the western front in the spring of 1918, the position of the Central Powers on the Macedonian front worsened. Materiel became scarce and morale among the Bulgarian forces deteriorated. The Entente Command perceived in Macedonia an excellent opportunity to apply additional pressure to the Germans, who were already retreating on the western front. In September, Entente forces undertook an offensive directed primarily at Bulgarian defenses at Dobro Pole. Balkan Breakthrough tells the story of that battle and its consequences. Dobro Pole was the catalyst for the collapse of the Central Powers and the Entente victory in southeastern Europe-a defeat that helped persuade the German military leadership that the war was lost. While decisive in ending World War I in the region, the battle did not resolve the underlying national issues there.
Zusammenfassung
A decisive battle in a war within a war
Inhalt
List of Maps
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Note on Transliteration
1. Balkan Politics
2. Balkan Wars
3. The Establishment of the Macedonian Front
4. Development of the Macedonian Front
5. The Lull
6. The Erosion of the Bulgarian Army
7. Breakthrough
8. Collapse
9. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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