US and USSR
The powder keg of Europe refers to the Balkans, and various European powers that laid claim to the territory. Those countries primarily included Russia, Germany, and Austria-Hungary.
Hitler wanted Romanian oil and a deep southern flank. It was for this reason that the Balkans figured into his USSR plans.
they became rivals in the balkans because they both wanted the power to control it and the Dardanelles.
The Balkans were called the "Powder Keg of Europe" because they were responsible for World War I starting.
US and USSR
Albania is one of the poorest countries in all of Europe, but the Balkans host the most poorest countries in Europe.
They wanted to create their own country without A-H interfering. To unite all nationalities in Balkans. (and Nationalism) Assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand for independence.
The Balkans consists of several different countries each with a separate leader.
Romania is not a part of Balkans (geographically speaking).
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The physical features that the Eastern Balkans share are mountains, rivers and the Black Sea.
Because the area known as the Balkans consists of many countries, each with its own languages.
The Balkans, southern European countries.
The two countries that tried to dominate the Balkans in world war 1 were Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. This conflict, due to alliances with other countries, is one of the causes of WW1 as the countries took sides.
Serbia and bosnia