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The history of Bulgaria during World War II encompasses an initial period of neutrality until 1 March 1941, a period of alliance with the Axis Powers until 8 September 1944, and a period of alignment with the Allies in the final year of the war.
[4] [5] Since Simeon was only six years old, his uncle Prince Kiril, Prime Minister Bogdan Filov, and Lt. General Nikola Mihov of the Bulgarian Army were appointed regents. [6] Under his father, Bulgaria joined the Axis powers in World War II but managed to preserve diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. Still, on 5 September 1944 Stalin ...
Bakardzhiev, Nikola — Infantry General (1934) Balabanov, Boncho — Major General (1900) Balkanski, Milenko — Major General (1917) Batsarov, Ivan — Major General (1917)
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 ]
(Lived: 36 years) 13 July 1881 5 July 1882 357 days — — — 6 Leonid Sobolev 1844–1913 (Lived: 69 years) 5 July 1882 19 September 1883 1 year, 76 days Imperial Russian Army: 1882 [NA 2] Sobolev (3) Dragan Tsankov 1828–1911 (Lived: 82 years) 2nd time: 19 September 1883 11 July 1884 296 days Liberal Party: 1884: D. Tsankov II–III (4 ...
Aligned with Nazi Germany during World War II (1939–1945), [76] [79] mainly out of a desire to increase Bulgarian territory. [79] Bulgaria participated in the invasions of Yugoslavia and Greece, [78] though Boris refused to send Bulgarian soldiers to aid the German invasion of Russia. [76] His government oversaw the Holocaust in Bulgaria.
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, recuperating from the Balkan Wars, sat out the first year of World War I, but when Germany promised to restore the boundaries of the Treaty of San Stefano, Bulgaria, which had the largest army in the Balkans, declared war on Serbia in October 1915. Britain, France and Italy then declared war on Bulgaria.