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On June 5, 1942, the United States declared war on Bulgaria. Bulgaria was neutral during 1939–1941, but on March 1, 1941, Bulgaria signed the Tripartite Pact and officially joined the Axis bloc. Following this, the Bulgarian government declared war on the United Kingdom and the United States on December 13, 1941.
[1] [2] Bulgaria resisted Axis pressure to join the war against the Soviet Union, which began on 22 June 1941, but did declare war on Britain and the United States on 13 December 1941. The Red Army entered Bulgaria on 8 September 1944; Bulgaria declared war on Germany the next day.
From the very beginning, branches of the Bulgarian National Bank, the Bulgarian Agricultural and Cooperative Bank, the Macedonian National Bank, the Popular Bank, the Bulgarian Credit Bank, and others began to be established in the larger cities of Vardar Macedonia. The Bulgarian Agricultural and Cooperative Bank had granted loans in the amount ...
On 30 July 2007, UTI Bank changed its name to Axis Bank. [16] In 2009, Shikha Sharma was appointed as the MD and CEO of Axis Bank. [17] In 2013, Axis Bank's subsidiary, Axis Bank UK commenced banking operations. [18] The Indian government intends to sell a 20.7% stake in Axis Bank in February 2014 for 57 billion rupees, equivalent to 925 ...
Franz von Papen, the German foreign minister, visited Ankara with hopes of persuading Turkey to join the Axis powers. This would have significantly shortened the Axis route through the Caucasus to the valuable Soviet oil fields in Baku. As it turned out, by 1942 the German Army was almost on Turkey's eastern doorstep, only a few miles from the ...
German–Soviet Axis talks (considered plans to join the Soviet Union to the Axis powers and its New World Order) First Offer from Axis to the Soviets in Partitioning the world (Soviet Baltic states, Eastern Poland, Moldovian SSR, Eastern Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, British India and Mongolia in Soviet Sphere of Influence.
Bulgarian archaeologists stumbled upon unexpected treasure this week during a dig in an ancient Roman sewer - a well-preserved, marble statue depicting the Greek god Hermes. The discovery of the 6 ...
The Tsardom of Bulgaria joins the Axis powers. 16 March: The British Somaliland protectorate is taken over by Allied forces. 25 March: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers. 27 March: Yugoslav coup d'état takes Yugoslavia out of the Axis powers. 6 April: The Axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Bulgaria invade the Kingdom of Yugoslavia ...