Polity Bulgaria (USSR Protectorate)

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The advancing Red Army occupied the Kingdom of Bulgaria, an axis power, in 1944. The country was reduced to a puppet state before becoming independent again as a country of the Warsaw Pact, the People's Republic of Bulgaria.

Establishment

  • September 1944: The Soviets established a new communist government in Bulgaria, with Kimon Georgiev as prime minister. The Red Army remained in occupation of Bulgaria until 1947.
  • September 1944: By 24 September 1944, nearly all of Romania was under Allied control.
  • October 1944: Partisan-controlled territories in Yugoslavia by september 1944.
  • December 1944: Territorial changes based on the known frontline of the eastern front of World War II in that date.

Chronology

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1. World War II

Was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 (it started sooner in certain regions) between the Axis Powers (mainly Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allies (mainly the Soviet Union, the U.S.A., the U.K., China and France). It was the war with more fatalities in history. The war in Asia began when Japan invaded China on July 7, 1937. The war in Europe began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. The war ended with the complete defeat of the Axis powers, which were occupied by the Allies.

1.1. World War II (Eastern Theatre)

Was the Eastern European theatre of World War II.

  • December 1944: Territorial changes based on the known frontline of the eastern front of World War II in that date.

1.1.1. Battle of Romania

The Soviet Operations to drive out the Axis powers from Romania during World War II.

  • September 1944: By 24 September 1944, nearly all of Romania was under Allied control.

1.2. World War II (Balkan Theatre)

Was the theatre of conflict of World War II that took place in the Balkans.

1.2.1. Establishment of Democratic Federal Yugoslavia

Democratic Federal Yugoslavia was a provisional state established during World War II on 29 November 1943 through the Second Session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ). .

  • October 1944: Partisan-controlled territories in Yugoslavia by september 1944.
  • January 1945: In late September 1944 three Bulgarian armies, some 455,000 strong in total led by General Georgi Marinov Mandjev from the village of Goliamo Sharkovo - Elhovo, entered Yugoslavia with the strategic task of blocking the German forces withdrawing from Greece. Southern and eastern Serbia and Macedonia were liberated within two months.

1.2.2. Soviet invasion of Bulgaria

Was the Soviet invasion of Bulgaria during World War II.

  • September 1944: The Soviets established a new communist government in Bulgaria, with Kimon Georgiev as prime minister. The Red Army remained in occupation of Bulgaria until 1947.

1.2.3. German Withdrawal from Greece (World War II)

The evacuation of Greece by German troops during World War II.

  • June 1945: Isolated Axis garrisons remained in Crete, the Dodecanese and various other Aegean islands until the end of the war in May 1945.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • September 1946: Monarchy abolished in Bulgaria on 15 September 1946. Bulgaria becomes a Republic.

Disestablishment

  • September 1946: Monarchy abolished in Bulgaria on 15 September 1946. Bulgaria becomes a Republic.

Selected Sources

  • Flemming, Thomas / Steinhage, Axel / Strunk, Peter (1995): Chronik 1946: Tag für Tag in Wort und Bild, Chronik-Verlag/Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag,p. 146
  • Notiziario Storico dell'arma die carabienieri - N.3 Anno VI. p. 23
  • Russian Balkan And Baltic Campaigns, 19 August-31 December 1944. United States Military Academy West Point. Retrieved on March, 26th, 2024 on https://s3.amazonaws.com/usma-media/inline-images/academics/academic_departments/history/WWII%20Europe%20Med/WWIIEurope31.jpg