Before one wave had settled, another rose!
The year 1909, which had just ended, had been a year of surging storms, and the international situation had undergone earth-shaking changes!
At the beginning of the year came the "Kavala Bombardment Incident," followed by the Near East war between Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. Then, under German intervention, the Anti-Bulgarian Alliance was formed, and the Second Balkan War erupted!
A coup took place in the Ottoman Empire, and the Young Turks stepped onto the stage of history. The Anti-Bulgarian Alliance was defeated, and the international situation in the Near East underwent earth-shaking changes.
Bulgaria's relations with the Germans rapidly deteriorated. At the same time, the conflict between the Entente and the Alliance deepened further. Influenced by the Second Balkan War, the pro-war factions in Russia and France began to rise, planting the seeds of danger for the outbreak of the First World War!
The British had preliminarily completed their strategic arrangements on the European continent. After the end of the Second Balkan War, the Anglo-German negotiations on limiting the naval arms race also came to an end!
The Germans' hopes for an Anglo-German alliance were completely shattered. The United Kingdom and Germany formally set themselves against each other, and the naval arms race escalated!
That same year, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Siam signed the Bangkok Treaty, completing the British expansion across the Malay Peninsula.
Oh, and former Japanese Prime Minister Itō Hirobumi was assassinated in Korea. From then on, the Japanese government embarked upon a ******* road of no return. Meanwhile, the Japanese Army launched another coup, though it was temporarily suppressed by the Japanese government!
In the ancient eastern nation, constitutional reform failed, and the Manchu Qing dynasty's countdown began. Internal conflicts intensified, and that same year Zhang