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• Reviews - Latest books, journal articles and wargame products

  • Books

    • General - non period specific
    • Ancient and medieval pre-1453
    • Early modern to the 20 Century
    • 20th Century

  • Articles

    • Pre 1453

    • 1453 to 1900

    • 20th Century

  • Wargames

  • Boardgames

  • Fiction and misc items.

   

• Warfare in the Balkans - Historical overview

  • Introduction

  • Ancient Period

  • Dark Ages

  • Medieval

   

• Features - Articles on Balkan military history
  • Dyrrachion 1081
  • The Real Dracula
  • The Uskoks
  • Siege of Klis
  • Eugene in the Balkans
  • Austro-Turkish War 1737-39
  • Ali Pasha
  • Ottoman Army 1826
  • Shipka Pass
  • Romanian Army 1878
  • Slivnitsa 1885
  • Kumanovo 1912
  • Kajmakcalan 1916
  • War Flying in Macedonia
  • Blunder in the Mountains
  • Castles on the Danube
  • Bosnian WAB

  • Romanian SS troops

  • Gebirgsjager in the Balkans

  • Knight's Move

  • Doboj 1415

   

• Travel - Guide to museums and other sites of interest
  • Albania - A military history tour covering the castles, ancient sites and museums of this country
  • Belgrade - the military museum and fortress. See also the Danube Castles.
  • Bosnia - A military history tour mostly covering the fine medieval castles of Herzegovinia, Central Bosnia and Northern Bosnia.
  • Bucharest - the military and national museum
  • Bulgaria - an overview followed by sections on the National Military Museum, the Plovdiv Aircraft Museum and Shipka Pass.
  • Dalmatia - a military history tour up the Croatian coast from Dubrovnik to Split
  • Dardanelles - sail up this strategic waterway and view the Turkish forts
  • Epirus - The north west of Greece is explored in this tour.
  • Gallipoli - The First World War battlefield.
  • Istanbul - The army museum and the other attractions including the Dardanelles forts.
  • Moscow - Balkan interest at the Armed Forces Museum and the Plevna memorial
  • Venice - The main military history attraction is the Arsenale.
  • Zagreb - A couple of museums of interest in the Croatian capital.
  • Tunisia - Yes, not in the Balkans but plenty of Ottoman interest

   

• Wargaming - Scenarios and related items for wargamers
  • Turnu 1462 - Vlad the Impaler and the Ottoman Turks in this WAB scenario.
  • Moldavia 1618 - Polish invasion of the Ottoman Empire in 1618 with Imperialist support. DBR rules.
  • The Lion Bites - Ali Pasha against an Anglo/Russian invasion in 1806
  • Onwards to Mesolongi! - A Greek War of Independence scenario using PoW.
  • Seliolu 1912 - The First Balkan War. Bularia against the Turks using GWS.
  • Kosturino 1915 - WW1 in the Balkans using Great War Spearhead
  • Down the Vardar - The German invasion of the Balkans in 1941using Rapid Fire rules.
  • Ottoman Turks - The Miniatures of Karl-Heinz Kieckers

• Armies of the Balkans

Ancient

• Ancient Greeks
• Pyrrhic army of Epirus
• Goths
• Late Roman

Medieval

• Comnenan Byzantine Army of the 11th Century
• The Normans
• Serbian late medieval army
• Albanian medieval army
• Wallachian army
• Bosnian army

Renaissance

• Polish Army of the 17th Century.
• Austrian Imperialist Army of the 17th Century

18th Century

• Austrian Army of Prince Eugene
• Russian Army of the Ottoman Wars 1710-13

19th Century

• Greek army of the Greek War of Independence 1821-33
• Ottoman army of the Napoleonic wars
• Russian army of the Crimean War
• Ottoman Army of the 19th Century
• Russian Army of 1877 with Romanian and Bulgarian allies

20th Century

• Balkan Wars 1912-13 - Serbia, Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey
• Salonika campaign of WW1
• Greek Army of WW2
• Italian Army of WW2
• Gebirgsjager in WW2
• Balkan Wars of the 1990's

 

• Bibliography - Further reading

  • General

  • Ancient

  • Dark Ages

  • Medieval

  • Early Modern

  • 18th Century

  • 19th Century

  • Balkan Wars & WW1

  • WW2

  • Post WW2

  • Travel Guides

  • Fiction

   

• Balkan Quiz - Test your knowledge of Balkan Military History
• Links - Related sites

• Outside the Balkans - the Editor's interests outwith the Balkan peninsular.

• South American Wars of Liberation

•  Mughal India and their Persian enemies

•  Napoleon in Egypt

• War of the Spanish Succession

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