From Paris to Lausanne: Aspects of Greek-Yugoslav Relations during the First Interwar Years (1919–1923) Cover Image

From Paris to Lausanne: Aspects of Greek-Yugoslav Relations during the First Interwar Years (1919–1923)
From Paris to Lausanne: Aspects of Greek-Yugoslav Relations during the First Interwar Years (1919–1923)

Author(s): Athanasios Loupas
Subject(s): History
Published by: Balkanološki institut - Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti
Keywords: Greek-Serbian/Yugoslav relations; Kingdom of Serbs; Croats and Slovenes; Greek-Turkish war 1920–1922; Serbian/Yugoslav free zone in Thessaloniki; Eleftherios Venizelos; Nikola Pašić; Macedonian proble

Summary/Abstract: This pa­per looks at the cou­rse of Greek-Yu­go­slav relations from the Paris Peace Conference to the Treaty of Lausanne. Following the end of the First World War Greece and the newly-created Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes formed a common front on an anti-Bulgarian basis, putting aside unresolved bilateral issues. Belgrade remained neutral during the Greek-Turkish war despite the return of King Constantine. But after the Greek catastrophe in Asia Minor the relations between Athens and Belgrade were lopsided.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 47
  • Page Range: 263-284
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: English