August 10, 1913 · Diplomatic Theater
August 10, 1913
The Treaty of Bucharest, signed August 10, 1913, ended the Second Balkan War and established the borders that would define the region until after World War I. Bulgaria was stripped of most of its gains from the First Balkan War. Serbia received most of Macedonia including Skopje and Monastir. Greece retained Thessaloniki and won Kavala on the Aegean coast. Romania, which had entered the war at the last moment without firing a shot, received southern Dobruja from Bulgaria. The Ottoman Empire reconquered Adrianople (Edirne) and eastern Thrace in a separate Treaty of Constantinople signed September 29. Bulgaria retained only Pirin Macedonia and a short Aegean coastline around Kavala — far less than its military contribution to the First Balkan War seemed to justify.
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