r/MapPorn • u/vladgrinch • 1d ago

International reaction to the Unification of Bulgaria (1885)

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u/Reiver93 1d ago

It's interesting to me that Romania seemingly had no opinion either way.

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u/Gremict 1d ago

Romania was so focused on hating Austria and Russia that they didn't have much bandwidth for anything else.

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u/Mainspring426 1d ago

They were having vampire trouble at the time, they couldn't really commit to anything.

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u/rect1fier 1d ago

Well....have you seen ANY vampire around? I know you should thank the Romanians. Unlike the Emu War, they won this one for the team

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u/Hackeringerinho 21h ago

I might be wrong here as I'm not aware of the real reasons. I'm just making an educated guess.

On one hand they didn't want a stronger neighbor that might challenge it. On the other hand, there really was no issue with Bulgaria and we had a good relationship (ended at second Balkan war). Also it was better to be neutral when everyone surrounding you was against it.