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Sources on the Balkan Peninsula
Internet Medieval Sourcebook Selected Sources: Byzantium
H-Net Habsburg Studies
​Ottoman History Podcast
Historum Forum
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Military History

Heeresgeschichtliches Museum - Vienna
Austro-Hungarian Land Forces 1848-1918
Austro-Hungarian military maps

Bulgarian Military History Museum
Bulgarian history podcast
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Greek War Museum - Athens
​Ancient Greece

Macedonian History

Ottoman costume prints
​Turkish Military Museum
​IRCICA library in Istanbul
​Ottoman Archives on Twitter. Great collection of pictures

Romanian Armed Forces of WW2
History of Romania: Primary documents

​Serbian Military History Museum
Heroes of Serbia - a useful US based resource, if a bit overly nationalistic.

The Vinkhuijzen collection of military uniforms

Balkan Defence News

Wargaming

Glasgow and District Wargaming Society

Magazines
Wargames Illustrated
Miniature Wargames
Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy

Wargame Societies
Society of Ancients
Lance and Longbow Society
​Pike and Shot Society
Continental Wars Society (19th Century)
Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers

Oathmark QRS

For military modellers there are some useful links on this page.
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Balkan Insight News Service
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Balkanology - Travel Guide
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Pinterest - Bulgarian Inspiration
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Eliznik - Balkan folklore
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