Bombing of Sofia in World War II
The Bulgarian capital of Sofia suffered a series of Allied bombing raids during World War II, from mid 1941 to early 1944. Bulgaria declared war on the United Kingdom and the United States on 13 December 1941. The Southern Italy-based Allied air forces extended the range of their strategic operations to include Bulgaria and other Axis allies in 1943.
Gerhard Wengel memorial in Sofia, Bulgaria
The damaged National Assembly building.
Seven Bulgarian saints school.
The Public Health Institute.
The Tsardom of Bulgaria, also referred to as the Third Bulgarian Tsardom, sometimes translated in English as the "Kingdom of Bulgaria", or simply Bulgaria, was a constitutional monarchy in Southeastern Europe, which was established on 5 October 1908, when the Bulgarian state was raised from a principality to a tsardom.
Ferdinand I of Bulgaria at the proclamation of Bulgarian independence, 1908
Boundaries on the Balkans after the First and the Second Balkan War (1912–1913)
Areas where Bulgarians were the majority of the population (in light green) according to Anastas Ishirkov (1912).
Bulgarian officers on the Macedonian front