Facts about Serbia in WW1
- Population: 4.5 million
- Size: 34,000mi(squared)
- Gov: Constitutional / Monarchy
- Currency: Serbian Dinar
- Major Religion: Serbian Orthodox
- In Serbia the leaders during ww1 where King Peter and Prime Minister Nikola Pasic
- The reasons Serbia entered ww1 is because Archduke Ferdinand was a Serbian and was assassinated. Serbia joined because they thought propaganda was always needed.
- Durring ww1 Serbia made a alliance with America And Canada. They let the 2 countries come and set up camp in Serbia.
- There were many technology advances in ww1. Serbia was part of the basic advances like trench warfare, artillery, and the first tank. They used these things because they where the only thing they could use to get across the trenches without getting all shot at.
- Battles that Serbia attended in ww1 where the battle of Cer which was fought in the Cer mountains on Aug 15-24 1914, they defeated Austria and Hungary.
- One of Serbia's major military losses was at the Battle of Drina. The Timok division I of the Serbian Second Army suffered a heavy defeat in a diversionary crossing, suffering around 6,000 casualties while inflicting only 2,000.
- Another major loss was when Serbia was invaded by Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria in 1915.
- The ending point of the war for Serbia was 2 weeks before the war actually ended. They stopped fighting because they were liberated.
- They gained minor territorial concessions from Bulgaria. Also they assumed the lead position of the new state Yugoslavia.
- Serbia only lost men in the war.
- The Kingdom of Serbia lost more than 1,100,000 inhabitants during the war (both army and civilian losses), which represented over 27% of its overall population and 60% of its male population.