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1913
Alliance
Constantine I
1st June   An anti Bulgarian Serbian-Greek Alliance is signed
24th June   Greece & Serbia break their Alliance with Bulgaria over the Macedonia & Thrace border
1913
Assassination
George I
Salonika   Assassinated during the First Balkan War
1911
Balkan League
George I
  The Balkan League is the Alliance of Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria against the Ottoman Empire during the Balkan Wars
1912
Balkan League
George I
29th May Sofia   Signing of the Greco-Bulgarian treaty
8th Oct   The first state to declare war is Montenegro, starting the First Balkan War
1912
Battle of Elasson
Constantine I
23rd Oct Elasson   Defeats the Turtks in the Vardar Valley
1912
Battle of Kastoria
Constantine I
Kastoria   One of Constantine's flank detachments is defeated by the Turks
1912
Battle of Monista
Constantine I
Monista   One of Constantine's flank detachments is defeated by the Turks
1912
Battle of Venije
Constantine I
5th Nov Venije   Overwhelms the Turks & moves on to Salonika
1913
Capture of Adrianople
Constantine I
26th Mar Adrianople   A combined Bulgar-Serb force captures Adrianople
1913
Capture of Ioannina
Constantine I
Ioannina   Bulgarian forces conquer Adrianople while Greek forces liberated Ioannina
1912
Capture of Salonika
Constantine I
9th Nov Salonika   The Turkish garrison of 20,000 surrenders & Constantine occupies the city
1913
Capture of Yanina
Constantine I
3rd Mar Yanina   The Turkish garrison of 30,000 falls to Prince Constantine of Greece
1913
Death
George I
Salonika   Death of George I, assassinated during the First Balkan War
1913
Declaration of War
Constantine I
24th June   The Macedonia & Thrace border dispute with Bulgaria causes the 2nd Balkan War
1912
Invasion of Macedonia
Constantine I
  Greece lands forces in the Halkidiki peninsula while the main force of the army attacks from Thessaly into Macedonia through the Sarantaporo straight
Macedonia   Leads a Greek Army into Macedonia to attack the Turks in the Varar Valley
1912
Invasion of Thessaloniki
Constantine I
26th Oct   After the liberation of Thessaloniki, the Greek army links up with the Serb army north and they turns west
1912
Invasion of Turkey
Constantine I
Oct   Members of the Balkan League attack Turkey & win quick victories
1912
Rule of Aegean
Constantine I
Aegean   The Greek Navy is free to liberate the islands of the Aegean, starting with Lemnos which was used as a base to monitor the Dardanelles
Dec Aegean   Following a ceasefire in December between the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, the Turkish fleet twice exited the Dardanelles but was twice defeated in the battles of Elle and Lemnos
1913
Rule of Aegean
Constantine I
13th Dec Aegean   Greece is awarded some Aegean Islands for the loss of southern Albania to Albania
1913
Rule of Albania
Constantine I
13th Dec   Southern Albania is divided between Albania & Greece
1913
Rule of Ioannina
Constantine I
Ioannina   Bulgarian forces conquer Adrianople while Greek forces liberated Ioannina
1912
Rule of Lemnos
Constantine I
Lemnos   The Greek Navy is free to liberate the islands of the Aegean, starting with Lemnos which was used as a base to monitor the Dardanelles
1913
Rule of Macedonia
Constantine I
13th Dec   Greece gains territory in Macedonia
1913
Rule of Thrace
Constantine I
13th Dec Thrace   Greece gains territory in Thrace
1913
Treaty of London
Constantine I
17th May London   The war was ends with the treaty of London
17th May London   Under the treaty of London Albania is declared independent, Serbia, Montenegro and Greece are obliged to withdraw their forces

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