The War Sparked by a Dog

A dog started a war between two countries in 1925. Not a metaphor. An actual dog.

October 1925, the Greek-Bulgarian border. A Greek soldier's dog bolts across

the border into Bulgaria. He chases after it. Bulgarian sentries

see a Greek soldier crossing into their territory and open fire. The Greek soldier

dies. Greece demands an apology. Bulgaria refuses. Within 36 hours,

Greek troops invade Bulgaria. Greece, led by dictator Theodoros Pangalos,

issued an ultimatum for apologies and compensation, then invaded Bulgaria, occupying the town

of Petrich. This wasn't some minor skirmish. Greece mobilized thousands of soldiers,