Armies in the Balkans 1914-18, Men at Arms No 356, Osprey

Recent history should remind us that it was events in the Balkans which sparked off the Great War, with the assassination of the Austrian heir Prince Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, and the consequent invasion of Serbia by Austro-Hungarian armies on 2 August 1914. Nevertheless, the subsequent four-year war in that theatre is always overshadowed by the simultaneous campaigns on the Western Front.

For the first time this book offers a concise account of these complex campaigns, the organisation, orders of battle, and the uniforms and insignia of the armies involved: Austro-Hungarian, German, Ottoman, Serbian, Montenegrin, Albanian, British, French, Italian, Russian, Bulgarian, Greek and Rumanian.

Contents:

THE BALKAN CHAMPAIGN

• The Defence of Serbia
• The Salonika Front
• The Rumanian Campaign

THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ARMY ON THE BALKAN FRONT

SERBIA

MONTENEGRO

ALBANIA

THE GERMAN ARMY ON THE BALKANIAN FRONT

THE OTTOMAN ARMY ON THE BALKAN FRONT

ENTENTE FORCES IN SALONIKA

• British
• French
• Italian
• Russian

BULGARIA

GREECE

RUMANIA

THE PLATES

Authors: Nigel Thomas, Dusan Babac