| Bulgarian Resistance |
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| Part of Resistance during World War II |
Bulgarian partisans enter Sofia, 9 September 1944 |
| Date | August 1941 – September 1944 |
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Victory of the Resistance
- Bulgaria switches sides in World War II from the Axis to the Allies
- Soviet invasion of Bulgaria and establishment of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
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- Guerrilla units (until April 1943)
- NOVA (since April 1943)
- Combat groups
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3055 killed, executed and died in imprisonment |
unknown |
The Bulgarian Resistance (Bulgarian: Партизанско движение в България, romanized: Partizansko dvizhenie v Balgariya, lit. 'Partisan movement in Bulgaria') was part of the anti-Axis resistance during World War II. It consisted of armed and unarmed actions of resistance groups against the Wehrmacht forces in Bulgaria and the Tsardom of Bulgaria authorities. It was mainly communist and pro-Soviet Union. Participants in the armed resistance were called partizanin (a partisan) and yatak (a helper, or a supporter, someone who provides cover for someone else).
