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I removed the estimates of Serbian war casualties by "Western" historians, as they were incorrect and did not derive from serious scholarly research. I replaced it with the estimates of a historian writing for the widely respected Online Encyclopedia "1914-1918 Online". This project was started and is managed by Freie Universität Berlin, a leading academic institution in Europe. In the article you can see the sources used which were the original records of military commanders and doctors. |
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After the Allies launched the [[Vardar Offensive]] in September 1918, which broke through the Macedonian front and defeated the [[Bulgaria]]ns and their German allies, a [[France|Franco]]-Serbian force advanced into the occupied territories and [[Liberation of Serbia, Albania and Montenegro (1918)|liberated Serbia, Albania, and Montenegro]]. Serbian forces entered [[Belgrade]] on 1 November 1918.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/shorthistoryofyu0000sing|url-access=registration|quote=ww1 Serbian army entered belgrade.|title=A Short History of the Yugoslav Peoples|author=Fred Singleton|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=1985|isbn=978-0-521-27485-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/shorthistoryofyu0000sing/page/129 129]}}</ref>
The Serbian army declined severely from about 420,000<ref name="vojska1914">{{Cite web|url=http://www.vojska.net/eng/world-war-1/serbia/organization/1914/|title=Serbian Army, August 1914}}</ref> at its peak to about 100,000 at the moment of liberation. The estimates of casualties are various: Serb sources claim that the Kingdom of Serbia lost more than 1,200,000 inhabitants during the war (including both military and civilian losses), which represented more than 29% of its overall population and 60% of its male population
== Background ==
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