Incident at Petrich
Minor military conflict between Bulgaria and Greece in October 1925 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Incident at Petrich (Greek: Επεισόδιο του Πετριτσίου; Bulgarian: Петрички инцидент), or the War of the Stray Dog (Greek: Πόλεμος του αδέσποτου σκύλου),[2] was a Greek–Bulgarian crisis in 1925 that resulted in a brief invasion of Bulgaria by Greece near the border town of Petrich after the killing of a Greek captain and a sentry by Bulgarian soldiers.[3] The incident ended after a decision by the League of Nations.
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Incident at Petrich | |||||||||
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Demir Kapia, where the original incident took place. | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Bulgaria IMRO | Greece | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Boris III Aleksandar Tsankov Ivan Mihailov |
Pavlos Kountouriotis Theodoros Pangalos | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
10,000 soldiers [citation needed] | 30,000 soldiers [citation needed] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
19-50 combatants/civilians killed [citation needed] | 121 killed or captured [1] |
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