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The government of the Kingdom of Bulgaria under Prime Minister Georgi Kyoseivanov declared a position of neutrality upon the outbreak of World War II. Bulgaria was determined to observe it until the end of the war; but it hoped for bloodless territorial gains in order to recover the territories lost in the Second Balkan War and World War I, as well as gain other lands with a significant ...
The Battle of the Transdanubian Hills (also known in Bulgaria as the Drava Operation (Bulgarian: Дравска операция, Dravska operatsiya)) was a defensive operation of the Bulgarian First Army during Bulgaria's participation in World War II against German Wehrmacht forces, who were trying to capture the north bank of the Drava river as part of Operation Spring Awakening.
While the accession of Dobrudja was made by an international treaty that entered into force, the territorial changes in 1941 were left for a final decision after the war. In total, the territory of Bulgaria increased by 39,756 km2, and the population by 1,875,904 people, with Macedonia accounting for 23,807 km2 and 1,061,338 people. [8]
The fighting was heavy but the Bulgarians managed to hold the advance temporarily which convinced the Greek Headquarters to throw even more forces in the fight and outflank the Bulgarians. By 21 June the 2/3 Brigade could not cope with the crushing numerical superiority of its opponents and the arriving reinforcements from the Serres Brigade ...
During World War II, Zhivkov participated in Bulgaria's resistance movement in the People's Liberation Insurgent Army. In 1943, he was involved in organising the Chavdar partisan detachment in and around his place of birth, becoming deputy commander of the Sofia operations area in the summer of 1944.
The Bulgarian capital of Sofia suffered a series of Allied bombing raids during World War II, from mid 1941 to early 1944. Bulgaria declared war on the United Kingdom and the United States on 13 December 1941. The Southern Italy-based Allied air forces extended the range of their strategic operations to include Bulgaria and other Axis allies in ...
Pages in category "Battles of World War II involving Bulgaria" ... out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Black Sea campaigns (1941–1944)
Bulgarian militiamen from the Ganchev Detachment in the region of Western Bulgaria, ca. 1900. The modern Bulgarian military dates back to 1878. On 22 July 1878 (10 July O.S.) a total of 12 battalions of opalchentsi who participated in the Liberation war, formed the Bulgarian Armed Forces. [5]