First Balkan War

First Balkan War
Part of Balkan Wars
Date 1893 - 1894 Location Balkan Peninsula Result Hungarian defeat Treaty of Vienna Formation of the United States of Greater Austria Formal dissolution of the Kingdom of Hungary
Belligerents
Austrian Empire Greece	Kingdom of Hungary Serbia Romania
Commanders and leaders
Austria: Rudolf I Greece: George I	Hungary: Sándor Wekerle Serbia: Alexander I Romania: Carol I
Strength
Austria: 230,000 Greece: 95,000 Total: 325,000	Hungary: 180,000 Serbia: 86,000 Romania: 95,000 Total: 361,000
Casualties and losses
Total: 84,500	Total: 104,690

The First Balkan War was an armed conflict involving the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary, which soon came to include a number of other Balkan countries, that being the kingdoms of Greece, Serbia, and Romania. The conflict broke out when the Hungarian government, under Prime Minister Sándor Wekerle attempted to resist major and radical reforms proposed by the Austrian Emperor Rudolf I, in an ultimately successful attempt to fully federalise the Austro-Hungarian Empire, thereby potentially quelling any significant dissent from among the Empire's many ethnic minorities.

Originally a civil war conflict that pitted the two major entities of Austria-Hungary against one another, the conflict soon came to involve the rest of the surrounding Balkan states, with Serbia and Romania joining the side of Hungary's, while Greece otherwise joined the side of Austria's. The other two Balkan states, namely Montenegro and Bulgaria ultimately abstained from the conflict. The two sides were also indirectly supported by Russia and Germany respectively.

After an almost year-long period of intense conflict between the two sides, the conflict ultimately ended with the defeat of Hungary and her allies, which in turn, resulted in the official dissolution of the Hungarian kingdom, and the subsequent formation of a number of new autonomous states within the new United States of Greater Austria.

Officially termed the First Balkan War by most historians, the conflict is otherwise known as the Second Hungarian Revolution among Hungarians and alternatively, the Austro-Hungarian Civil War among some Austrians and Hungarians.