Bulgaria during World War II
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The history of Bulgaria during World War II encompasses an initial period of neutrality until 1 March 1941, a period of alliance with the Axis powers until 8 September 1944, and a period of alignment
German Wehrmacht officers in Bulgaria in 1939
Bulgarians entering Southern Dobruja in Romania per the Treaty of Craiova (1940)
Bulgarian invasion of southern Yugoslavia (Vardar Macedonia, April 1941)
Bulgarian invasion of eastern Serbia (Western Outlands, April 1941)
Boris III of Bulgaria
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Boris III was the Tsar of the Kingdom of Bulgaria from 1918 until his death in 1943.
Bulgaria during World War II
…majority of between 115 and 121 members voted with the government. The parliament ratified the bill on Christmas Eve, 1940. It received royal assent from Tsar Boris III on 15 January the following year, being published in the State Gazette on 23 January 1941. The law forbade the granting of Bulgarian citizenship to…
Formal portrait, c. 1918–19
Crown Prince Boris (2nd from left) and German field marshal Mackensen reviewing a Bulgarian regiment accompanied by the Commander in Chief General Zhekov and the Chief of Staff Army General Zhostov during World War I
King Boris' manifesto of ascension to the throne
The Royal Sceptre of Boris III