Some inhabitants of Getsovo took part into the wars from the end of 19th century and the beginning of the 20th centuries. Many people were killed: 21 in the First and Second Balkan Wars, 1 in the Serbo-Bulgarian War, 46 in the World War I, 1 in the Spanish Civil War, 6 in the World War II. There is a soldiers' monument in honour of those who died in the wars. In 1941 German troops went through the village on their way to occupy Greece. After the invasion of the Soviet Army in September 1944 captives from the German Army were prisoned in the school building. Some Soviet soldiers changed their tired horses with horses from the village.