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In history, we do not generally reflect on the “if” possibilities, but Bulgaria could have received some benefits if it had participated on the side of the Entente. Significant territorial expansion is unlikely, given that we would have been in a coalition with Serbia, Greece and Romania. However, war could have been a successful step towards national unity. Moreover, Bulgaria would have secured favourable conditions for political and economic development in the decades after World War I without paying any reparations.

The centenary of the First World War is a good occasion to assess its significance related primarily to the effects of this greatest conflict in previous history. The war ended with important military, economic and political results affecting the coming decades. On the battlefields 10 million people died and another 20 million remain crippled.