Great Retreat (Serbia): Difference between revisions

Following the October 1915 [[Serbian Campaign (World War I)|invasion of Serbia]] during [[World War I]] at the hands of [[German Army (German Empire)|German]], [[Austro-Hungarian Army|Austro-Hungarian]] and [[Bulgarian Army|Bulgarian armies]], the '''Serbian army retreated through [[Principality of Albania|Albania]]''', an event sometimes called the '''Albanian golgotha''' ({{lang-sr|Албанска голгота|translit=Albanska golgota}}). During the long march, some 240,000 retreating [[Serbs]] died from the cold, starvation, disease and combatat withthe hands of [[Albanians|Albanian]] [[tribe]]smen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Drustvo/68336/Danas-93-godisnjica-od-pocetka-povlacenja-preko-Albanije|title=Blic Online - Danas 93. godišnjica od početka povlačenja preko Albanije|work=Blic Online|accessdate=13 September 2015}}</ref> The march through the Albanian mountains had decimated its rank and contributed to the horrendous losses the Serbs had suffered in the First World War – the highest per capita of any country.<ref name=Nielsen>{{harvnb|Christian Axboe Nielsen|2014|p=70}}</ref>