Vardar Offensive

Vardar Offensive
Date 14 September 1918 – 29 September 1918 Location Macedonia Result Bulgarian capitulation
Belligerents
Central Powers: Kingdom of Bulgaria German Empire	Allied Powers: Kingdom of Serbia France United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Kingdom of Greece Kingdom of Italy
Commanders and leaders
Georgi Todorov Hristo Burmov Stefan Nerezov Ivan Lukov Stefan Toshev Friedrich von Scholtz Kuno von Steuben	Louis Franchet d'Esperey Petar Bojović Živojin Mišić George Milne Panagiotis Danglis Ernesto Mombelli
Strength
550,000 18,000 Total: c. 568,000, supported by 1217 artillery pieces, 2710 machine guns and 30 airplanes	195,000 150,000 140,000 140,000 44,000 Total: c. 711,000 men, supported by 2609 artillery pieces, 2682 machine guns, 6434 automatic rifles and 200 airplanes
Casualties and losses
90,000 men and 800 guns captured as of the 30th of September	3,449 3,215 4,589 5,295 747 Total:17,295 killed, missing and wounded

The Vardar Offensive that took place between 14 and 29 of September 1918 was the last major military operation on the Macedonian Front during World War I. After much preparation the multinational Allied Armies of the East were able to break the deadlock that had been reigning on this theater for several years and force the capitulation of Bulgaria, thus decidedly turning the strategic and operational balance of the war against the Central Powers.

References

In English:

• Hall, Richard (2010). Balkan Breakthrough: The Battle of Dobro Pole 1918. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-35452-8. 
• Tucker, Spencer C; Roberts, Priscilla Mary (2005). "Encyclopedia of World War I". Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio. ISBN 1-85109-420-2. OCLC 61247250. http://books.google.com/books?id=TogXVHTlxG4C&pg=PA1877&dq=Vardar+Offensive&hl=bg&ei=rb2sTOCnOM6OjAeQwqDqBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Vardar%20Offensive&f=false. 
• Mitrović, Andrej (2007). Serbia's great war, 1914-1918. ISBN 978-1-55753-477-4. 
• Owen, Collinson (2009). Salonica and After the Sideshow That Ended the War. ISBN 978-1-115-40803-5. 
• Doughty, Robert A. (2005). "Pyrrhic victory: French strategy and operations in the Great War". Harvard University Press. http://books.google.com/books?id=vZRmHkdGk44C. 
• Thomas, Nigel; Babac, Dusan (2001). Armies in the Balkans 1914-18. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-194-7. 
• Villari, Luigi (1922). The Macedonian campaign. T.F. Unwin ltd. 

In Russian:

• Kursun, N.. Балканский фронт мировой войны 1914–1918 гг. militera.lib.ru. http://militera.lib.ru/h/korsun_ng4/index.html. 
• Zayonchkovsky, Andrey (2010). Первая мировая война. militera.lib.ru. http://militera.lib.ru/h/zayonchkovsky1/index.html. 
• Rostunov, I. (2010). История Первой мировой войны 1914—1918 гг. militera.lib.ru. http://militera.lib.ru/h/ww1/index.html. 

In Bulgarian

• Noykov, Stefan (1922). Защо не победихме. Печатница на армейския военно издателски фонд, София. 
• Azmanov, Dimitar (1935). Урокът от Добро поле. Печатница Книпеграф. 
• Недев, Никола (1923). Дойранската епопея 1915 - 1918. Печатница на Армейския Военно - Издателски Фонд; София. ISBN 978-954-8247-05-4. 

In German:

• Dieterich, Alfred (1928). Weltkriegsende an der mazedonischen Front. G. Stalling. http://books.google.com/books?id=nKDCOgAACAAJ&dq=Welt-+kriegsende+an+der+mazedonischen+front&hl=bg&ei=cMisTJymIMyNjAe6_aC1Bw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA. 

In Greek:

• Ο Ελληνικός Στρατός κατά τον Πρώτον Παγκόσμιον Πόλεμον 1914-1918, Τόμος Δεύτερος, Η Συμμετοχή της Ελλάδος εις τον Πόλεμον 1918. Διεύθυνσις Ιστορίας Στρατού, Αθήναι. 1961.