Македонски преглед, бр.3/2004]. 4/1996, стр. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. The Bulgarian Police was supplied independently from the army and also had SMG. Contact was established with the British Eighth Army in the town of Klagenfurt on 8 May 1945, the day the Nazi government in Germany capitulated. 20, 21, 29, 40, 42, 44, Matev, Kaloyan, The Armoured Forces of the Bulgarian Army 1936-45, Helion, 2015, pp.
1257, л. XXXI, 2016 стр. By the end of the war, Bulgaria managed to mobilize about 450,000 men. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. According to the treaty, the country had no right to organize a conscription-based military and some territory was ceded to her neighbors. 29, 33, 39, 40, 53, 62, 78, 82-83, Matev, Kaloyan, The Armoured Forces of the Bulgarian Army 1936-45, Helion, 2015, pp.

About 10,000 persons are estimated to have participated in or supported the resistance, making it the largest such movement among Germany’s allies. Отчет от бившия началник на Артилерията в Действащата армия ген.-майор Славчев за дейността на Управлението на Артилерията през 1915–1918 г., София, 1919, ДВИА, ф. When Bagrianov’s attempt to proclaim Bulgarian neutrality was rejected as insufficient by both Britain and the Soviet Union, the prime minister resigned and was replaced by Kosta Muraviev of the Agrarian Union on September 2, 1944. Proceedings of the Regional Museum of History - Veliko Tarnovo, vol. 62, л. The government of the Kingdom of Bulgaria under Prime Minister Georgi Kyoseivanov declared a position of neutrality upon the outbreak of World War II. 47//Report from the former Artillery Commander in the Field Army Major-General Slavtchev on the activities of the Artillery Department during 1915-1918, Sofia, 1919, the reference in the Bulgarian archives is ДВИА, ф. [2] Under the leadership of a new Bulgarian pro-Communist government, three Bulgarian armies (some 455,000 strong in total) entered Yugoslavia in September 1944 and moved from Sofia to Niš and Skopje with the strategic task of blocking the German forces withdrawing from Greece. By the end of 1944, when the Red Army and the rest of Soviet allies were fighting along the Danube, a brand new 1st Army was formed.

Three days later, aware that the new government was preparing to break with Germany, the Soviet Union declared war on Bulgaria and entered the country unopposed. Watch. 40, оп. In 1936-1944 approximately 400 guns were modernized in the factory with new gun carriages, barrels, equilibrators and recoil mechanisms. 40, оп. Поръчки и доставки. [134] The first Soviet deliveries arrived in 1945 and included 762 DP-28, 562 PM_M1910 и 37 DShK[135] 1 362 DP-28, 717 PM_M1910 and 2 DShK are shown as available on 01.01.1946[136], The Bulgarian Police had their own modest amount of machine-guns, supplied independently from the Army. However, it was clear that the central geopolitical position of Bulgaria in the Balkans would inevitably lead to strong external pressure by both World War II factions. Forty-three members of the majority backed a resolution in parliament in defense of Bulgarian Jews, a move supported by many from across the social strata. 21-26, 55, 87, Matev, Kaloyan, The Armoured Forces of the Bulgarian Army 1936-45, Helion, 2015, pp. The Bulgarian army used German and Austro-Hungarian supplied mortars in World War I[152][153]. Bulgaria - Bulgaria - World War II: After World War II began, Bulgaria proclaimed neutrality. 67-68 // Military History Institute at the General Staff of the Bulgarian People's Army, Military Hardware and Technical Services in the Bulgarian Army and the Bulgarian People's Army, Voenno Izdatelstvo, Sofia, 1986, p. 67-68, История на радио-техническите войски, Еър Груп 2000, София, 2012, стр.

Matev Kaloyan Red Wind over the Balkans, Helion, 2019, see picture on p. 395, Стефанов, Иван, Записки на артилерийския инженер - Втора част, в: Военноисторически сборник, 6/1996, стр. Please refrain from using strong language. 40, 47 и 55/Velev Petko, The Naval Artillery of Bulgaria 1879-1970, Galera, Varna, 2000, pp. 39-40 and 44, 46, Велев Пeтко, Морската артилерия на България, 1879 - 1970 г., Галера, Варна, 2000 стр. 35 и 55/Velev Petko, The Naval Artillery of Bulgaria 1879-1970, Galera, Varna, 2000, pp.

390-394, Златев, Златко Оръжейните доставки от Германия за България (юли 1938 - февруари 1941) в: Военноисторически сборник, кн. 82-86. 40, оп. XXXIII, 2018, pp. 134-135, 366, Matev, Kaloyan, The Armoured Forces of the Bulgarian Army 1936-45, Helion, 2015, pp. 238-240. http://www.bulgaria.com/history/bulgaria/war2.html, "Изборът между Сталин и Хитлер. They fought against the German troops and their collaborators that where in Bulgaria and its occupied territories of Macedonia and Greek Thrace. Противотанковите пушки в българската войска // "Военноисторически сборник", кн. 1257, л. 40, оп. [454], In 1945 a limited amount of armoured cars is received from the Soviet Union trophies - 1 Sd. 116//Tzvetkov, Veselin, The Military R&D Activities in the infantry and the artillery of the Bulgarian Army 1878-1944, Izdatelstvo na Ministerstvo na otbranata, Sofia, 1994, p. 116, Стефанов, Иван, Записки на артилерийския инженер - Втора част, в: Военноисторически сборник, 6/1996, стр. 34-36//Report from the former Artillery Commander in the Field Army Major-General Slavtchev on the activities of the Artillery Department during 1915-1918, Sofia, 1919, the reference in the Bulgarian archives is ДВИА, ф. By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies.