Prelude to the First World War: The Balkan Wars 1912-1913 Pictoral 500 soldiers became the first

500 soldiers became the first "doughboys" to enter the fight

which in the case of German East Africa proved ephemeral

he smuggled his new friend aboard

and Stanley is sent to France

even though Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone

Prelude to the First World War: The Balkan Wars 1912-1913 Pictoral 500 soldiers became the firstDescription by E. R. Hooton Hardcover The fuse to the First World War was lit in the Balkans where simmering hatreds exploded into violence. Like a string of firecrackers, these hatreds had been fueled by attacks on the Turkish Ottoman Empire in the previous few years. From 1911 1912, Italy seized Libya. In 1912, the Balkan states united to drive Turkey out of Europe in the First Balkans War, and in the following year in the Second Balkans War, turned