Serbian Warriors III - First World War

The Balkan Wars and the First World War 1912-1918
Balkanski Ratovi i Prvi Svetski Rat 1912-1918
Za krst casni i slobodu zlatnu - Vecna Slava

The Serbian Campaign was fought from August 1914, when Austria-Hungary invaded Serbia at the outset of First World War, until the end of the war in 1918. The front ranged from the Danube to southern Macedonia and back north again, involving forces from almost all combatants of the war. The Serbian Army was decimated towards the end of the war, falling from about 420,000[1] at its peak to about 100,000 at the moment of liberation. The Kingdom of Serbia had lost 1.3 million inhabitants during the war (both army and civilian losses), which represented 33% of its overall population and 60% of its male population - a demographic disaster that is still obvious today. (In official : Serbia lost 370,000 soldiers, or 26 percent, of all mobilised people (for ex. France 16.8; Germany 15.4; Russia 11.5; Italy 10.3 per cent). World War I was, in at least one sense, started when a group of young men (calling themselves Young Bosnia), most likely backed by a secret Serbian society (the Black Hand) assassinated the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Austria-Hungary issued a set of demands, the July Ultimatum. Serbia accepted all but one of them. The Austrians rejected the Serbian response and mobilized their southern army for a war against Serbia. Serbia had an experienced army, having fought two wars in the last two years, but it was also exhausted and poorly equipped and the Austrians thought that they would fall in less that a month. Serbia's strategy was to hold on as long as they could and hope the Russians could defeat the main Austro-Hungarian Army. Serbia constantly had to worry about its hostile neighbor to the east, Bulgaria, with which it had fought several wars, most recently in the 1913. The Serbian army at the start of the war was some 180,000 strong, commanded by Marshal (Vojvoda) Radomir Putnik. Putnik brilliantly handled the Serbian Army, even though he almost never left his special hospital room in Serbia. The war against Serbia started on August 12, when Austro-Hungarian armies crossed the border, the Drina River. While the entire Austro-Hungarian Army was very large, due to the Russian declaration of war, the Austro-Hungarians could only attack with two small armies (the Fifth and the Sixth) over the Bosnian border. They had around 280,000 men, and were much better equipped than the Serbians. Overall, Austrian command was in the hands of the ineffective General Potiorek. The Serbian Army threw back repeated attempts to cross the Drina and Sava rivers (this action is called the Battle of Cer or the Battle of Jadar). After very hard fighting, the Austro-Hungarian Army halted their attempts. In early September, the Serbs launched a small offensive into southern Bosnia, hoping to incite a revolt among their fellow Slavs. However, the offensive had no effect and was driven out within a few weeks.
Kolubarska bitka ili Suvoborska bitka jedna je od najvećih i najznačajnijih bitaka između vojske Kraljevine Srbije i Austro-Ugarske u Prvom svetskom ratu. Vođena je 30 dana na frontu od 200 km kilometara. Okončana je uspešnom protivofanzivom koju su izvele snage pod vođstvom generala Živojina Mišića, protiv brojnije i nemerljivo bolje opremljene austrougarske vojske u trenutku kada je ceo svet očekivao vesti o kapitulaciji Kraljevine Srbije.


Kolubarska bitka ušla je u istoriju ratovanja kao jedinstven primer da se vojska, kojoj je predviđen potpun slom, za kratko vreme reorganizuje, pređe u kontraofanzivu i nanese neprijatelju odlučujući poraz. Taktika pregrupisavanja samo I armije i koncentrisanog udara na VI armiju(koja je bila razvučena na širokom frontu) koju je izveo Živojin Mišić danas se izučava na vojnim školama širom sveta.

Kolubarska bitka je značajna i po tome što su obe vojske u operacijama nisu imale strategijske rezerve kojima bi mogle da ojačaju svoje linije tamo gde je to neophodno, već su to postizale prebacivanjem snaga sa jednog na drugi deo fronta.

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[TuuuSam]

Волим србију свим својим срцем , ко је уз мене

[Loccoor]

Long live Serbia and Romania!!

[ivkekosovo]

@maced0nian sustina je,da Makedonci,kako se danas nazivaju su se tad smatrali Srbima.

A tamosnji narod iz Makedonije je bio podeljen,tako je deo ratovao za Srbiju,deo za Bugarsku.

Naravno,ne svojom voljom podeljen.

[maced0nian]

Moj prapradedo isto taka se borel za kraljevska vojska 1914 poginal vo valjevo najverojatno vo Kolubarska bitka ..... Taka da ... Poentata mi e da kazam deka za site zaslugi na Srpskata Vojska shto se slucile vo prva svetska vojna borejki se pod eden Barjak golem udel zemaat i Makedoncite

[sharkan01]

@TuuuSam 1.Generalfeldmarschall August von Mackensen nemacke vojske 1912-15: Srbi su najbolji vojnic Balkana.Opasan i ratoboran narod.Hrabri borci i

ponosni ljudi.iz briefe & aufzeichnungen, bibl. institut, Nemacka-leipzig 1938.

2.A Hitler je rekao 1937: Srbe ne volim ali ih cenim i postujem jer su hrabar narod.

3.Turski sultan Süleyman ( 1495 -1566) "Nedaj boze da se Srbi sloze"

4. Nemacki car Wilhem II. u prvom svetskom ratu: "Dajte mi srpsku vojsku i ca ju pobediti ovaj rat"

[SerbWarrior92]

I SAY IT OUT AND LOUD IM SERB AND I M PROUD!!!!!

[cetnikz]

No wonder Germany has tried so hard to cause problems with Serbia's neighbors.They know if Serbia South slavs were united we would be impossible to stop so why not destroy Yugoslavia from within through hated propaganda against Catholic.Pravoslav and Muslim.Albania was created by Austro-Hungary to keep Serbia from the sea but the Teutonic will is nothing compared to the Serbian Slavic soul and Serbia's secret weapon in WW1 and Balkan wars. INAT!

[cetnikz]

The Serbian soldier stands well above the European average, a man of the open air, of the mountains or the farm.It is his clean and strong physique that has made him so unconquerable a fighter.In the Balkan wars various Serbian units performed prodigies of endurance on the march.The 14th regiment marched 64 kilometers between midday and the next morning in order to arrive at the battlefield and stake part at once in the engagement.

[MegaSrbin100]

KOSOVO JE SERBIJA!!! LONG LIVE SERBIA OUR MOTHERLAND!!!!!

[TamilNation2010]

God bless Serbia!!!

[BurningEffect]

Serbia had Nikola Telsa thanks to who Russia now has scalar weaponry

[NBGD22]

another great documentary about Serbian heroes in ww1 watch?v=5eODLtDz4IM