Bordering Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, northern Macedonia and Albania, one fifth of the Danube, the second largest river in Europe, flows through its territory.
The Ottoman Empire, the Islamic feudal military empire that rose in the northwest of Asia Minor Peninsula, began to conquer the Balkan Peninsula at this time, and defeated the Serbs in the battle of Kosovo in 1389 (the result of this battle is still controversial today). By the end of 15, the Ottoman Empire had completely conquered Serbia and started the feudal military rule of Asian Islam for five centuries.
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Serbia gained a high degree of autonomy during the two revolutions of 1804 and 18 15. 1878, Serbia gained complete independence with the assistance of Russia, 1882 established a kingdom, and its territory only included the central part of Serbia today. During the first Balkan War and the second Balkan War at the beginning of 19 10, Serbia's territory expanded southward, including Kosovo, present-day Macedonia and the Republic of China, but Vojvodina in the north was under the jurisdiction of Austria-Hungary at that time and was not within Serbia's territory.
During World War II, Yugoslavia was attacked on three sides, and all its neighbors except Greece were members of the Axis Powers. 194 1 April, the Axis powers invaded Yugoslavia and carved it up. For example, Vojvodina was largely annexed by Hungary, Kosovo was annexed by Albania, and the rest of Serbia was occupied by the Germans. At this time, under the leadership of Tito, the Yugoslav National Liberation Army began to resist the German occupation.