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The total number of casualties in Macedonia from World War II was approximately 24,000, as follows: 7,000 Jews, 6,000 Serbians, 6,000 ethnic Macedonians, 4,000 Albanians and 1,000 Bulgarians. [119] This includes around 3,000 "collaborationists", "counter-revolutionaries" and civilian victims, 7,000 Jews exterminated in concentration camps, and ...
Macedonia (/ ˌ m æ s ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə / ⓘ MASS-ih-DOH-nee-ə) is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe.Its boundaries have changed considerably over time; however, it came to be defined as the modern geographical region by the mid-19th century.
After Italy's withdrawal from the war, the 7th Rila Infantry Division was ordered to occupy the Thessaloniki region, to organize the defense of the White Sea coast from the Epanomi lighthouse (on the Chalkidiki peninsula, 25 km south of Thessaloniki) to the mouth of the Struma river, which took place on July 5, 1943, [5] thus the Bulgarian ...
Yugoslav Macedonia in World War II — part of Yugoslavia in World War II history in the central Macedonia region. After 1944 sites were within the post-war Socialist Republic of Macedonia, and after 1990 within the present day North Macedonia.
Kastoria (Greek: Καστοριά, Kastoriá [kastoˈrʝa]) is a city in northern Greece in the region of Western Macedonia. It is the capital of Kastoria regional unit, in the geographic region of Macedonia. It is situated on a promontory on the western shore of Lake Orestiada, in a valley surrounded by limestone mountains.
The Macedonian Struggle [a] was a series of social, political, cultural and military conflicts that were mainly fought between Greek and Bulgarian subjects who lived in Ottoman Macedonia between 1893 and 1912.
[8] [9] Tsipas himself declared Bulgarian ethnicity during the Second World War, [10] sought refuge in Sofia, [11] and became an agent of the Bulgarian secret service. [12] More, until the end of the Second World War, the Macedonian peasants, being neither communists nor members of IMRO (United), were not affected by the Macedonian national ...
Bulgarian occupation zone of Serbia and Macedonian front during World War I; South Serbia and Vardar Banovina; World War II; The Holocaust in North Macedonia; Independent State (1944) Anti-Fascist Assembly (ASNOM) Bloody Christmas (1945) National Liberation Front; Exodus from Northern Greece; Socialist Republic; 1963 Skopje earthquake