Treaty of Bucharest

The Treaty of Bucharest ended the Second Balkan War, which had broken out when Bulgaria attacked its former allies Serbia and Greece over the division of Macedonia. Bulgaria was then attacked by Romania and the Ottoman Empire as well, and it had to accept defeat. Under the treaty it lost southern Dobruja to Romania, and most of Macedonia was divided between Serbia and Greece, with Bulgaria keeping only a small part of it. The treaty was seen in Bulgaria as a national catastrophe and left lasting bitterness, which helped push the country toward the Central Powers when the First World War broke out the following year. The settlement also strengthened Serbia, which had its own ambitions in the Balkans.

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