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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Boris III of Bulgaria and Prime-minister Kimon Georgiev during the opening session of the IV International Congress of Byzantine Studies (Sofia, 9 September 1934) In the coup on 19 May 1934 , the Zveno military organisation established a dictatorship, abolished political parties, and reduced Boris to a puppet figurehead . [ 3 ]
Due to a border incident, Greek dictator Theodoros Pangalos sent troops into Bulgaria; League of Nations brokered ceasefire and Greek withdrawal; Greece fined for violating Bulgarian territory; Bulgaria paid damages for shooting Greek soldiers [1] World War II (1941–1945) (see Bulgaria during World War II) Allied Powers: Soviet Union United ...
Under these circumstances, the leader of the "Ratnik" (Warrior) group, Prof. Assen Kantardzhiev, tried to call to convince the commander of the Fifth Army, Gen. Kocho Stoyanov, to march on Sofia and establish military rule in the country, overthrowing the government and making Alexander Tsankov prime minister. [26]
August 26 – Bulgaria officially withdraws from World War II. [6] September 8 - Soviet forces cross the border. They occupy the north-eastern part of Bulgaria along with the key port cities of Varna and Burgas by the next day. By order of the government, the Bulgarian Army offers no resistance. [7] [8] [9]
Bulgaria declared war on Britain and the United States, but resisted German pressure to declare war on the Soviet Union, fearful of pro-Russian sentiment in the country. In August 1943 Tsar Boris died suddenly after returning from Germany (possibly assassinated, although this has never been proved) and was succeeded by his six-year-old son ...