Romania, Bulgaria and the Dobrujan Issue in the First Year of the Great War (1914-1915)

The problem of the Dobrujan land frontier between Bulgarian and Romanian national states, which officially came up after San Stefano Berlin (1878) peace treaties was aggravated by Peace Bucharest (1913), dominated bilateral relations for a few decades. hereby study focuses on period August 1914 – September 1915, when both South-Eastern European states were neutral towards Great War. This context led to various proposals, projects scenarios concerning Romanian-Bulgarian implicitly related fate Dobruja. Our effort deals with three levels: positions Powers, their Sofia, direct two states. Chronologically, this is divided into several stages, marked Ottoman Empire’s entry in war (1 November 1914), deadlock negotiations Bulgaria Entente (March 1915), Italy’s option renounce neutrality (23 May 1915) onset final talks Bulgaria’s join Central Powers (July 1915). Among most relevant sources, we need mention Military Archives from Piteşti works synthesis written historians Georgi Markov, Ivan Ilčev Žeko Popov, dealing 1913-1919.