The Balkan League - The Great War in the Balkans

In 19 12, serbia, montenegro, bulgaria and greece formed the balkan league. After agreeing in advance to what a rough post ottoman map of the balkans would look like, they declared war on the turks. None of the other great powers got into this conflict. Russia was still not ready to fight another war. Though they certainly welcomed an aggressive slavic uprising. The austrians, meanwhile, were caught flat footed and couldn't mobilize quick enough to get troops into the field to defend their interests. This left austria mighty mifft at their allies in germany who weren't supporting them as they tried to contain a