Book description
With the transfer of German units to the western front in the spring
of 1918, the position of the Central Powers on the Macedonian front
worsened. Materiel became scarce and morale among the Bulgarian forces
deteriorated. The Entente Command perceived in Macedonia an excellent
opportunity to apply additional pressure to the Germans, who were
already retreating on the western front. In September, Entente forces
undertook an offensive directed primarily at Bulgarian defenses at
Dobro Pole. Balkan Breakthrough tells the story of that battle and its
consequences. Dobro Pole was the catalyst for the collapse of the
Central Powers and the Entente victory in southeastern Europe-a defeat
that helped persuade the German military leadership that the war was
lost. While decisive in ending World War I in the region, the battle
did not resolve the underlying national issues there.
"[T]his is an important account of a very overlooked aspect
of the Great War." -www. strategypage. com, 9/19/2011
Richard C. Hall is Professor of History at Georgia Southwestern
State University in Americus, Georgia. He is author of Bulgaria's Road
to the First World War and The Balkan Wars 1912-1913: Prelude to the
First World War.
