Third Balkan War (1962: The War to End all Wars of the World)

Third Balkan War Bulgarian soldiers in Macedonia Beginning: 24 July 1989 End: 10 August 1990 Place: Balkan Peninsula Outcome: Bulgarian Victory: Bulgarian annexation of Macedonia from Yugoslavia and Constanța County from Romania Beginning of the dissolution of Yugoslavia and Romania Combatants Bulgaria Yugoslavia Romania Commanders Kyril I Ivan Bachvarov Prince Kubrat Atanas Semerdzhiev Radniu Minchev Lyuben Petrov Tsvetan Totomirov Ante Marković Aleksandar Vasiljević Veljko Kadijević Milan Aksentijević Nicolae Ceaușescu Iulian Vlad Ștefan Gușă Vasile Ionel Strength 500,221–576,878 troops estimated 400,000 troops Casualties and Losses 8,840 killed 4,926 missing 36,877 wounded 10,995 dead of disease 7,583 killed 9,694 missing 42,911 wounded 3,049 deceased 140 artillery pieces captured or destroyed