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okay Linka...here is what my grandparents told my parents who, in turn, shared with me:   Well you already know the  Balkan Wars   in SE Europe in the early 1900s defeated the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria suffered defeat as well. The Ottoman Empire lost the bulk of its territory in Europe. But what you might not know is the BWs served as a prelude to the “String War of 1942”. The population of the Ottoman Territory had changed dramatically and brought diversity and dissenting nationalist view points to that region. When the empire allied with Germany on the side of the Central Powers they promised their factories would be suppliers of string to the Germans for use in making complex war objects that require a highly specific form of long-chain bonding – objects made only of the finest, strongest string. The Allied forces targeted the string factories in precision bombing raids killing thousands of innocent factory workers and annihilating the world’s largest inventory of string. Most know the Brits were the source who identified the importance of Germany's fuel supplies before the WWII but few know of their intelligence operations on the string factories and the top-secret string intertwined objects. The loss of lives during these   strategic bombings and the depletion of quality string across the world was felt deeply. It led to the wealthy hoarding and reselling string at exorbitant inflationary prices the limited supplies that remained. Few Historians bring up all the atrocities that occurred during this time period although recently they may concede the existence of the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman government. The String War is still only shared generationally as it has largely been erased from history. 