Battle of Kumanovo
Battle of Kumanovo (23.X.1912)
Battle of Kumanovo (24.X.1912)
Battle of Kumanovo, 24 October 1912

First Balkanic War. The Serbian Front (Serbia) The march os the armies before the battle of Kumanovo.

The Balkan wars marked two wars fought in the period from 1912 to 1913. The first Balkan war was a war for the liberation of the Serbian people and Serbian regions from the Turks, primarily the areas of Old Serbia and Macedonia. The Second Balkan War was a conflict between the former allies, that is, the war against Bulgaria, which was not satisfied with the division of territory after the First Balkan War.

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Fuad Bej after the battle of Kumanovo
Kumanovo, 23 October 1912
Battle of Kumanovo, 23 October 1912
Kumanovo, 24 October 1912

MakedonienBalkankrieg

MakedonienBalkankrieg

The Turks in Kumanovo (War Museum of Belgrade)

Photograph of Albanian prisoners in front of the Kumanovo Municipality building after the Battle of Kumanovo.
![Photograph of the Serbian 1st Army staff during the Balkan wars, made in 1912. On the left side is the army commander, Crown Prince Alexander, and the army chief of staff, Colonel Petar Bojović, sitting next to him.]]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Serbian_1st_Army_Staff_1st_Balkan_War.jpg)
Photograph of the Serbian 1st Army staff during the Balkan wars, made in 1912. On the left side is the army commander, Crown Prince Alexander, and the army chief of staff, Colonel Petar Bojović, sitting next to him.]]

Srpski vojnik sa otuđenim turskim oružjem, nakon Kumanovske bitke

The Balkan wars marked two wars fought in the period from 1912 to 1913. The first Balkan war was a war for the liberation of the Serbian people and Serbian regions from the Turks, primarily the areas of Old Serbia and Macedonia. The Second Balkan War was a conflict between the former allies, that is, the war against Bulgaria, which was not satisfied with the division of territory after the First Balkan War.

Captured turkish officers during the battle of Kumanovo
Voyvoda Vuk Popovich. 1927 calendar.
Historical Overview
Decisive Serbian victory over the Ottoman Vardar Army.
Quick Facts
Kingdom of Serbia
- Commander: Radomir Putnik
- Strength: ca. 130.000
- Casualties: ca. 4.500
Ottoman Empire
- Commander: Zeki Pascha
- Strength: ca. 65.000
- Casualties: ca. 12.000
Strategic Context
Elimination of Ottoman presence in Macedonia.
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Historical Locations
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