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This section will include a brief overview of most of the armies that fought in the Balkans throughout history. Each army description is illustrated by wargames figures from the Editor's collection.
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Ancient
  • Ancient Greeks
  • Pyrrhic army of Epirus - also used for Alexander's Macedonian army
  • Dacian Wars - Imperial Roman and Dacian.
  • Goths
  • Late Roman
Medieval
  • Comnenan Byzantine Army of the 11th Century
  • The Normans
  • Serbian late medieval army
  • Albanian medieval army
  • Wallachian army
  • Bosnian army
Renaissance
  • Polish Army of the 17th Century.
  • Austrian Imperialist Army of the 17th Century
  • Ottoman army from late medieval to the 17th Century
18th Century
  • Austrian Army of Prince Eugene
  • Russian Army of the Ottoman Wars 1710-13
19th Century
  • Greek army of the Greek War of Independence 1821-33
  • Ottoman army of the Napoleonic wars
  • Russian army of the Crimean War
  • Ottoman Army of the 19th Century
  • Russian Army of 1877 with Romanian and Bulgarian allies
20th Century
  • Balkan Wars 1912-13 - Serbia, Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey
  • Salonika campaign of WW1
  • Greek Army of WW2
  • Italian Army of WW2
  • Gebirgsjager in WW2
  • Turkish Army of WW2
  • Balkan Wars of the 1990's
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Editor: Dave Watson. balkandave@gmail.com

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