Historical Events tagged with "secondbalkanwar"

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Health & Medicine

Cholera Outbreak Among Romanian Soldiers

July 13th, 1913 111 years ago

In July 1913, a cholera outbreak began affecting Romanian Army troops during the Second Balkan War. The outbreak emerged as soldiers were mobilized and engaged in military actions against Bulgaria. Conditions in the camps worsened with inadequate sanitation and hygiene, leading to the rapid spread of the disease. Authorities worked to control the epidemic while the war continued, revealing the public health vulnerabilities of military mobilizations during wartime.

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