Serbia in WW1

Serbia’s qualities such as endurance, courage and ability to rise under difficult circumstances and in harsh times – when Serbia seems lifeless and forgotten, are reflected in an amazing flower called Natalie’s Ramonda. Bearing the name of Queen Natalija Obrenović, this plant with rare curing powers and unusual habitats where it grows, became the main motif for the Armistice Day …

Unfavorable strategic position, exhaustion from the Balkan Wars and a painful shortage of ammunition, did not prevent the Serbian army to achieve one of the most famous victories in World War I, the victory in the Battle of Cer. Love for the motherland, unity and courage of the Serbian soldiers, and a brilliant strategic plan of General Stepa Stepanović, made …

In the WW1, Serbia confronted larger, better equipped and better armed Austro-Hungarian army. Austria-Hungary had about 378.000 professional soldiers at the beggining of the war, while Serbia mobilized 250.000 men during the entire war. In Serbia, all men capable for war were mobilized – peasants, educated people, craftsmen, merchants… It was total mobilization. The problem was that part of the …

“Austria-Hungary has declared war on us. It’s the end of it. God will give us victory”, it was said by the Serbian Prime Minister Nikola Pašić while he was sitting in the garden of a hotel Orient in the city of Niš, where he was shown the Austro-Hungarian declaration of war on July 28, 1914. The following day, Prince-Regent Aleksandar …

  At the start of WW1, eyes of the world and especially American public were pointed at Europe. Balkan front was the center of the events, as the line of Austria-Hungary’s army advance toward south. Every piece of news from that area was priceless in explaining events which, at that time, shaped the world. That’s why “New York Times” sent …

No other country participating in the Great War paid as heavy a price for its freedom as Serbia did. The truth remains, censed with frankincense, watered with blood and tears, purified by faith in the rightness of sacrifice for the true goal ahead. The truth about a people for which casualties were historically most often a question of life, and …

Although a Doctor by profession, the economy was always in his heart. Doctor Lazar Paču was successfully treating Serbian economyas the Minister for Finance, but in 1914. he received the gravest Austro-Hungarian ultimatum, addressed to the Kingdom of Serbia. With his knowledge, insight and incredible ability to sense what Serbian economy needs, Dr. Paču had a major role in financing …

Austro-Hungarian and German armies had been ruthlessly bombarding Belgrade for over a year, but all of their attempts to cross the rivers Sava and Danube were contested for three full days by the heroic Serbian army units. The city ultimately fell, but the ferocious resistance of its defenders earned it the distinction of being one of the five cities awarded …

The World War I started with the attack on Belgrade, on the very night the war was declared. The first casualties were claimed, and from the war monitor Bodrog, that slid from the direction of Zemun,under the shadow of Kalemegdan, to Sava, came the first artillerysalvoes towards Belgrade. Although in 2005 it was declared a cultural heritage, no one looked …

She hid her chest pretending to be a man so she could fight a valiant battle for her country, her Serbia, and then, in the years to come, she gilded that same heroic chest with the Legion of Honor medals, the Karađorđe star with swords, and was the only woman in the whole world that was awarded with Croix de …