Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Ferdinand was born on 26 February 1861 in Vienna, [2] a German prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry.He was the son of Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and his wife Clémentine of Orléans, daughter of King Louis Philippe I of the French.
Ferdinand I [30] − Tsar of Bulgaria; Vasil Radoslavov [31] − Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1913–1918) Aleksandar Malinov − Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1918) Kalin Naidenov − Minister of War (1915–1918) Sava Savov − Minister of War (1918) Nikola Zhekov [32] − Commander-in-Chief of the Bulgarian Army (1915–1918)
Bulgaria was the last country to join the Central Powers, which it did in October 1915 by declaring war on Serbia. [32] It invaded Serbia in conjunction with German and Austro-Hungarian forces. [47] Bulgaria held claims on the region of Vardar Macedonia then held by Serbia following the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913 and the Treaty of Bucharest ...
The Tsardom of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Царство България, romanized: Tsarstvo Bǎlgariya), also known as the Third Bulgarian Tsardom (Bulgarian: Трето Българско Царство, romanized: Treto Bǎlgarsko Tsarstvo), sometimes translated as the Kingdom of Bulgaria, or simply Bulgaria, was a constitutional monarchy in Southeastern Europe, which was established on 5 ...
The following is the Bulgarian order of battle at the beginning of the First Balkan War as of October 8, 1912. After its mobilization the field army counted for 366,209 men [1] and represented half the field forces of the Balkan League.
Simeon I (893–927) was the first Bulgarian ruler to rule as tsar.His official title translates to "Emperor of the Bulgarians and the Romans". Evidence concerning the titles used by the rulers of the First Bulgarian Empire (681–1018) prior to the conversion to Christianity in the 860s is scant.
The Agrarian Party leader, Aleksandar Stamboliyski, was imprisoned for his opposition to the war. The Russian Revolution of February 1917 had a great effect in Bulgaria, spreading antiwar and anti-monarchist sentiment among the troops and in the cities. Membership in socialist parties in Bulgaria boomed.