The Serbian campaign was fought on the Serbian front of the First World War, and it began when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. Serbia defeated Austro-Hungarian invasions at Cer in August 1914 and at Kolubara in December, but a typhus epidemic then devastated the country. In autumn 1915, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria attacked together, and the Serbian army and many civilians retreated in winter across the mountains of Montenegro and Albania, suffering heavy losses, before being evacuated by Allied ships to Corfu. The army was rebuilt and fought on the Salonika front, and its breakthrough in September 1918 helped lead to Bulgaria's surrender.
Before and after
- 2 June 1914Birth of Yuri Andropov
- 28 June 1914Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- 21 July 1914Discovery of Sinope
- from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918World War I
- from 28 July 1914 to 3 November 1918Serbian campaign
- 31 July 1914Birth of Louis de Funès
- from August 1914 to October 1918Kurdish rebellions during World War I
- from 3 August 1914 to 11 November 1918Western Front
- from 3 August 1914 to 11 November 1918Balkans Theater
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