Bulgaria's unification of the Balkan Peninsula soon shook the world. This time, Ferdinand did not hide his strength; he openly declared that the entire Balkan Peninsula had been incorporated into Bulgarian territory.
Ferdinand also defined this great war as Bulgaria's war of national unification. Whether others believed it or not, the Bulgarian people happily accepted the claim!
Of course, the Balkan Peninsula was still a broad term, and no unified standard for its exact boundaries existed in this era. Ferdinand, thick-skinned as ever, simply chose to forget about it and did not announce any specific borders.
In any case, everyone was focused on the world war right now and had no energy to study Bulgaria's precise borders! As for the future, the ones negotiating border delineation with Bulgaria would be a few small countries. Surely those talks would go very pleasantly!
It had to be said that Ferdinand had picked an excellent moment. Bulgaria had barely announced its unification of the Balkan Peninsula when it received recognition from the French.
Naturally, the French mainly wanted to urge Bulgaria to quickly defeat the Austro-Hungarian Empire, so that everyone could gather for the hunt in Berlin. Bulgaria's acquisition of the Balkan Peninsula had been agreed upon beforehand; this recognition was merely a statement of position!
Soon afterward, the other Entente members also recognized Bulgaria's sovereignty over the Balkan Peninsula. Even John Bull did not jump out to stir up trouble this time. Clearly, in order to end the world war as quickly as possible, no one wanted to create further complications!
Germany and Austria-Hungary publicly condemned Bulgaria for launching a war of aggression, but unfortunately, they had already lost the right to speak. Even the royal families of Romania and the Kingdom of Montenegro, whose nations had already been destroyed, voiced their