THE SERBIAN ARMY IN THE GREAT WAR: 1914-1918

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Analysis of the Serbian Army of WWI, including its organization, participation in military operations, weapons, equipment, uniforms, and system of orders and medals. This book is a synthesis of all available literature and periodicals, appearing for the first time in the English language. The book is well Supported by around 500 illustrations, out of which more than 300 are contemporary photographs and other documents, plus dozens of color plates of uniform reconstructions and color photographs of the preserved pieces of uniform, equipment and weapons.

In the first two years of the war, Serbia defeated the Austro-Hungarian Balkan Army. The following year, defeated by a Central Powers offensive, the Serbian Army retreated through Albania and evacuated to Corfu where it rested, rearmed, and reorganized. From there the army transferred to the Salonika Front. After a long lull, the struggle to penetrate the Front began in September 1918. Serbian and other Allied forces broke through the Front and Bulgaria was soon forced to surrender. The Serbian Army advanced rapidly and on 1 November 1918 Belgrade was liberated. Thanks to the Serbian military victories and diplomatic efforts, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) was created.