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Declaration of state of war with Bulgaria; Long title: Joint Resolution Declaring that a state of war exists between the Government of Bulgaria and the Government and the people of the United States and making provisions to prosecute the same: Enacted by: the 77th United States Congress: Effective: June 5, 1942: Citations; Public law: Pub. L ...
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 ...
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 ...
The United States did not immediately declare war on Bulgaria, however. Only in June 1942, did President Roosevelt call for a declaration of war. On June 2, 1942, President Roosevelt sent the following message to Congress: To the Congress: The Governments of Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania have declared war against the United States.
The last time the United States formally declared war, using specific terminology, on any nation was in 1942, when war was declared against Axis-aligned Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania, because President Franklin Roosevelt thought it was improper to engage in hostilities against a country without a formal declaration of war. Since then, every ...
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]
The parliament in Sofia late Friday approved by 148 votes to 52 the government’s proposal to make the first shipment of heavy military equipment to Ukraine since the beginning of the war.
The Romanian army began limited military operations. On June 24, Romania officially declared war on the Soviet Union. [14] 1941-06-22: Tuva: Germany: W: Tuva was a client state of the Soviet Union. Part of the USSR from 1944. 1941-06-24: Bulgaria: Greece Yugoslavia: A [6] Bulgaria declares war on Greece and Yugoslavia. 1941-06-25 Finland Soviet ...