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MID#3343
Dispute Number: 3343
Date(s): August 1, 1914
Participants: 350 Greece/355 Bulgaria
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Greece mobilized its military after border negotiations with Bulgaria fell
apart.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from August 2, 1914. End Date changed from
August 2, 1914.
MID#324
Dispute Number: 324
Date(s): March 7, 1915 to June 29, 1917
Participants: 255 Germany, 355 Bulgaria, 640 Turkey/350 Greece
Outcome (and Settlement): Joins ongoing war (None)
Fatalities: Missing
Narrative: On March 7, 1915, the Greek parliament was dissolved because of a dis-
agreement between the king and the prime minister. The king wished the country to
stay neutral, while the prime minister wished to join forces with the Triple Entente.
Bulgaria watched these events unfold very carefully and began to move its forces to
a line between Midia (on the Black Sea coast of Turkey) and Enos (on the Gulf of
Saros). On May 29, over 20,000 Bulgarian troops crossed the border into Greece by
way of Rupel Pass and occupied the fort there. They then moved farther into Greece
and took possession of Fort Dragotin and Demir Hassar station. On January 12,
1916, it was reported that in November of the previous year, Greek troops attacked
Turkey through Kavalla and Thrace, while simultaneously presenting an armed front
to Bulgaria. By November 26, the Greek provisional government was virtually at
war with Germany and Bulgaria, whether the king agreed or disagreed to the formal
declaration. Finally on June 29, 1917, a declaration of war was formalized by Greece
against the Central Powers.
MID#1241
Dispute Number: 1241
Date(s): October 16, 1925 to October 29, 1925
Participants: 350 Greece/355 Bulgaria
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (Negotiated)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: Bulgarian troops killed a Greek sentry and a Greek officer at Demir-Kapu
in October 1925. Greece mobilized the next day, and on October 22, Greek troops
entered Bulgarian territory. Bulgaria also massed troops near the border, but it issued
orders to not resist the Greek offensive and instead requested the League of Nations