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Flag of the Principality of Bulgaria: A horizontal tricolor of white-green-red 1908–1946 Flag of the Tsardom of Bulgaria: 1946–1947 Flag of the People's Republic of Bulgaria: 1947–1948 Civil and State flag of the People's Republic of Bulgaria [2] A horizontal tricolor of white-green-red with the Bulgarian emblem in the top-left corner ...
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 ...
When World War II began in September 1939, both Bulgaria and the United States were neutral. As in World War I, Bulgaria looked for an ally that would help it regain lands it claimed in Yugoslavia, Romania and Greece. In September 1940, Bulgaria succeeded in negotiating, with the help of Germany, the return of Southern Dobruzha from Romania.
On June 5, 1942, the United States declared war on Bulgaria. Bulgaria was neutral during 1939–1941, but on March 1, 1941, Bulgaria signed the Tripartite Pact and officially joined the Axis bloc. Following this, the Bulgarian government declared war on the United Kingdom and the United States on December 13, 1941.
Bulgarian campaigns during World War I, borders including occupied territories A German postcard commemorating the entry of Bulgaria into the war.. The Kingdom of Bulgaria participated in World War I on the side of the Central Powers from 14 October 1915, when the country declared war on Serbia, until 30 September 1918, when the Armistice of Salonica came into effect.
The national flag of Bulgaria is a tricolour consisting of three equal-sized horizontal bands of (from top to bottom) white, green, and red. The flag was first adopted after the 1877–1878 Russo-Turkish War, when Bulgaria gained de facto independence.
World War II (1941–1945) (see Bulgaria during World War II) Allied Powers: Soviet Union United States United Kingdom Kingdom of Italy (1943–45) French Third Republic (1939–40) Free France Kingdom of Romania (1944–45) Kingdom of Bulgaria (1944–45) Kingdom of Greece (1940–45) Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1941) Axis Powers: Nazi Germany ...
Bulgaria during World War I. In the aftermath of the Balkan Wars , Bulgarian opinion turned against Russia and the Western powers, whom the Bulgarians felt had done nothing to help them. [ citation needed ] Russia blamed Bulgaria for breaking up the alliance it had forged and for starting the Second Balkan War against its former allies and now ...