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Bulgarian partisans enter Sofia on 9 September. Bulgaria was in a precarious situation, still in the sphere of Nazi Germany's influence (as a former member of the Axis powers, with German troops in the country despite the declared Bulgarian neutrality 15 days earlier), but under threat of war with the leading military power of that time, the Soviet Union (the USSR had declared war on the ...
The 1923 Bulgarian coup d'état, also known as the 9 June coup d'état (Bulgarian: Деветоюнски преврат, Devetoyunski prevrat), was a coup d'état in Bulgaria implemented by armed forces under General Ivan Valkov's Military League on the evening of 9 June 1923.
Pages in category "Military coups in Bulgaria" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... 1923 Bulgarian coup d'état;
Though popular with the peasants, the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union antagonized the middle class and military, leading to a progressively more fragile position for the government. During this time, relations between the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) and the ruling Bulgarian National Union of Agriculture remained tense.
He commanded the Bulgarian forces in the Niš and Kosovo operations. In recognition of his successful command Kiril Stanchev was promoted to lieutenant general on 18 November 1944. However, in 1946, he was arrested and accused of participating in the so-called "Military Union" [1] and plotting a military coup.
At the time of the 1944 Bulgarian coup d'état on 9 September 1944, NOVA had 9 mortars, 440 machine guns, 850 assault rifles, 7660 rifles and 3180 pistols and revolvers in service. [4] On 8 September, Communists and their supporters carried out a coup d'état. Power passed into the hands of the Fatherland Front, headed by Kimon Georgiev. The ...
This is a list of coups d'état and coup attempts by country, listed in chronological order. A coup is an attempt to illegally overthrow a country's government. Scholars generally consider a coup successful when the usurpers are able to maintain control of the government for at least seven days.
Although Bulgaria, in alliance with Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottomans, won military victories against Serbia and Romania, occupying much of Macedonia (taking Skopje in October), advancing into Greek Macedonia, and taking Dobruja from the Romanians in September 1916, the war soon became unpopular with the majority of Bulgarian people ...