https://doi.org/10.31648/mkks.2899
The direct causes of the outbreak of the Second Balkan War were a series of incidents and clashes between Bulgarian forces, on the one hand, and Serbian and Greek armies, on the other hand. The chauvinistic propaganda played an important role in preparing for war in the Balkan countries, as well. The reason why Bulgaria did not take a well thought-out decision to engage in the war was, among other things, was the view that Serbs and Greeks made an agreement to partition Macedonia and create borders to the west of the Vardar River. Initially, the Bulgarian army was victorious, but in one of the first major battles of Bregalnica and Kukush, the Bulgarians suffered defeat. The Ottoman Empire joined the war and invaded Thrace as well. Exhausted, Bulgaria was forced to fight on four fronts and in a short period of time the Bulgarian army had to capitulate. As a result of the peace treaty of Bucharest, the Bulgarians lost a large part of the territory conquered in the first Balkan war (Dobrudzha and Balchik). However, the treaty of Bucharest did not bring to the end to the partition of the Macedonian territories. The Macedonian problem was one of the most important issues in forthcoming months and years. In the second Balkan war, which is called the inter-allied war, Christian nations fought each other and Bulgaria suffered the largest defeat. The process and nature of the political and military activities were discussed in “Dziennik Poznański.”
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