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Siege of Adrianople (1912–13)
On the WWI map as “Adrianople”
Nov 1912–Jul 1913 — Bulgarian and Serbian troops besiege Adrianople, the old Ottoman capital, and capture it on 26 March 1913. Four months later Bulgaria is fighting its former allies, and Ottoman troops under Enver march back into the city almost unopposed. Adrianople changes hands twice within a year.
When Nov 1912–Jul 1913 Type Battle site Chapter Bosnian crisis and the Balkan Wars (chapter 2 of WWI)Atlas The Great War, 1871–1923 Also in Ancient Rome BATTLE SITE · THE GREAT WAR, 1871–1923 These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cliopatria v 0.2.1 · Natural Earth physical geography · Anglo-Russian Convention, 31 August 1907, articles I–II
Source details Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. Source polygons retained with original identities; geographic selections and corrections by Maps of History.. CC BY 4.0 Made with Natural Earth; geographic reference and physical land only. No modern political boundary is used as a historical boundary.. Public domain US Department of State, Foreign Relations of the United States; convention’s named places define the two concession spheres.. Historical treaty facts, independently reconstructed Annual source features can describe claims, legal territory or military control. Occupied extensions are separated from the prewar Central Power homelands, while the original source names and shapes remain available.
The displayed state is iss 1913. Geographic reference dates and reconstruction methods are recorded for each feature.
reconstruction: 1871–1918 · reconstruction: 31 August 1907 · vector: 1815–1937 · vector: 1848–1935 · vector: 1864–1921 · vector: 1871–1914 · vector: 1871–1916 · vector: 1873–1914 · vector: 1890–1914 · vector: 1895–1917 · vector: 1898–1914 · vector: 1900–1918 · vector: 1905–1914 · vector: 1905–1915 · vector: 1905–1921 · vector: 1908–1935 · vector: 1911–1913 · vector: 1912–1913 · vector: 1912–1914 · vector: 1912–1915 · vector: 1912–1919 · vector: 1912–1921 · vector: 1912–1955 · vector: 1913–1913 · vector: 1913–1914 · vector: 1913–1915
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