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[[Image:Trun1.JPG|thumb|200px|Monument to the Bulgarian partisans in [[Tran, Bulgaria|Tran]], Bulgaria]]
The '''Bulgarian Resistance''' (((Lang-bg|Партизанско движение в България|lit=Partisan movement in Bulgaria|translit=Partizansko dvizhenie v Bǎlgariya))) was part of the anti-[[Axis powers|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).

==Background==
The [[Communist]]s had long despised the pro-German policy of Prime Minister [[Bogdan Filov]] and even campaigned in 1940 for a political pact with Moscow (the Sobolev action).

German forces entered Bulgaria on 1–2 March 1941 as a result of [[Tripartite Pact|Bulgaria's adhesion]] to the [[Axis powers of World War II|Axis]].<ref>The New Encyclopædia Britannica. 15th edition. Macropaedia. Vol.29. Chicago, 1994. p.995</ref> The [[Bulgarian Communist Party]] (BCP) declared this to be a "fatal move" and once again called for a union with the [[USSR]]((Citation needed|date=September 2022)).

On 6 March 1941 [[Georgi Dimitrov]] called on the people of Bulgaria to start resistance against the Germans.<ref>Антифашистское движение Сопротивления в странах Европы в годы второй мировой войны / ред. В.П. Бондаренко, П.И. Резонов. М., Соцэкгиз, 1962. стр.223</ref>

Before the [[German invasion of the USSR]], there had not been any armed resistance in Bulgaria. At the start of [[World War II]], the [[Comintern]] supported a policy of [[non-intervention]], arguing that the war was an [[imperialist]] war between various national ruling classes, but when the Soviet Union itself was invaded on 22 June 1941, the Comintern changed its position. The resistance movement was set up in August 1941 by the Bulgarian Communist Party to oppose the pro-[[Nazi]] government.

==Beginning==
The German attack on the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 sparked the rage of [[Communist]]s and [[Russophilia|Russophiles]] in Bulgaria. The same day the BCP spread a brochure among the people urging them "to hinder by all means the usage of Bulgarian land and soldiers for the criminal purposes of German fascism". Two days later, on 24 June, the BCP called for an armed resistance against the Wehrmacht and the Bogdan Filov government.

On 23 July 1941 an illegal radio station — "Hristo Botev" ("''Христо Ботев''") — began broadcasting.<ref>Говори радиостанция «Христо Ботев» (23 юли 1941 — 22 септември 1944). т. 1 — 7. София, 1950—1952</ref>

In the first year of the resistance the BCP used mainly its [[combat groups (Bulgaria)|combat groups]]. They carried out a number of actions, including arson and demolition of arms, clothes and fuel warehouses, communications, factories and transport lines. The combat groups assassinated prominent Bulgarian politicians, army and police leaders, and Wehrmacht officers. The combat groups' activities impaired the image of [[Hitler]]'s supporters in Bulgaria but a great number of their members were captured or killed.

The first known [[Partisan (military)|partisan]] in Bulgaria was [[Ivan Kozarev]].

The first [[guerrilla]] group (''cheta'') was created on 26 June 1941 near [[Razlog]], the first partisan commander was [[Nikola Parapunov]]. The second group was created in August 1941. Other guerrilla detachments were created in the late summer and autumn of 1941.<ref>И. Кинов, И. Маринов, Шт. Атанасов и др. Вклад болгарского народа в разгром фашистской Германии. М., Воениздат, 1967. стр.27</ref>

The first guerrilla detachments were relatively small. They were created in the [[Pirin]], [[Rhodopes]] and [[Sredna gora]] mountains.

In September 1941, Bulgarian communist [[émigré]]s arrived on Soviet submarines and aircraft to boost the [[resistance movement]]. 55 experienced communist fighters were sent by the Foreign Bureau of the BCP, according to one version. According to another version, they were sent by order of the [[NKVD]], of which the Bulgarian Communists in [[Moscow]] were not aware. The landing of the so-called "''paratroopers''" and "''submariners''" turned out to be precipitate and most of them were captured or killed. On the other hand, those who survived became some of the most prominent partisan leaders.

On October 7, 1941, a second illegal radio station — "Naroden glas" ("''Народен глас''") — began broadcasting.

Also, activists of the Resistance produced and distributed several illegal newspapers ("''Работническо дело''", "''Народен другар''", "''Народен глас''", "''Истина''", "''Народен партизанин''", "''Партизанска борба''", "''Отечествен фронт''") and [[Flyer (pamphlet)|leaflets]].<ref>Болгария // Советская историческая энциклопедия / редколл., гл. ред. Е.М. Жуков. том 2. М., Государственное научное издательство «Советская энциклопедия», 1961. ст.522-563</ref>

==Rise of the partisan force==
In the winter of 1941-1942 the Wehrmacht suffered a major defeat at the [[Battle of Moscow]]. This destroyed the myth of the invincibility of the German army, and showed that the ''[[blitzkrieg]]'' in the [[Soviet Union]] had failed. In April 1942, a map titled "The Danube area" was published in Germany, where the so-called "new annexed territories" of Bulgaria in [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]] and [[Thrace]] were described as "''territories under temporary Bulgarian administration''". This was a failure for Sofia's official [[propaganda]], which claimed to have completed the [[Greater Bulgaria|national unification]] of the Bulgarians. These events led to a rise in the partisans' manpower and prestige.

In July 1942, [[Georgi Dimitrov]] announced the creation of the [[Fatherland Front (Bulgaria)|Fatherland Front]] (FF), on the underground radio station "[[Hristo Botev]]". It was a major anti-fascist coalition between the Communists, the Agrarians and the "[[Zveno]]" party. The FF demanded the non-participation of Bulgarian forces in the [[Soviet-German war|war against the USSR]], the immediate return of Bulgarian occupation forces from [[Greece|Greek]] and [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] territory, the repudiation of the union with Germany, a halt of the export of grain to [[Nazi Germany]], friendly relations with the USSR, the United Kingdom and the United States, the restoration of civil freedoms, denunciation of non-constitutional laws, cessation of military actions against civil population, dismissal of all pro-[[fascist]] organizations and eradication of racial hatred. Despite the arrest and later execution of most of the Central Committee of the BCP (through betrayal by one of its members), the strength of the partisans continued to grow. In August 1943 the [[Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists)|Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party]] joined the FF. The FF also was supplied by the Soviet armed forces and mainly contributed with various arm shipments and artillery pieces. Some of these would later end up in the hands of the opposing side but also in the hands of the Yugoslav Partisans active in Macedonia and southern Serbia.

==Fierce fighting==
Due to the growing number and manpower of combat groups and partisan detachments, in April 1943 they were organized into the [[People's Liberation Insurgent Army]] (''((lang|bg-Latn|'''N'''arodo'''o'''svoboditelna '''v'''astannicheska '''a'''rmija))'', NOVA). NOVA divided Bulgaria into 12 ''Rebel Operative Zones'' which implied BWP's intention of seizing power. The Bulgarian authorities responded by intensifying the persecution of resistance members. Thousands of opposition activists were killed, imprisoned or interned.((Citation needed|date=July 2019)) The government created a special gendarmerie force which received almost unlimited power to pursue the partisans. The gendarmes became notorious for carrying out atrocities against captured partisans and their ''yatatsi''.((Citation needed|date=July 2019)) [[Gendarmerie]] and the police also became increasingly involved in harassment, arson and murders of partisans' families. Partisans staged attacks on railroads and warehouses, used by the German or the Bulgarian forces. When that was possible, they captured villages to organize meetings in support of the FF, destroy police and tax archives and supply themselves with food and arms.

BCP increased its activity among Bulgarian soldiers. A frequent result was the army's low effectiveness in fighting partisan detachments. A significant number of soldiers deserted to join the partisans. Such events were mainly observed in the Bulgarian forces in Yugoslavia and Greece. Seven partisan detachments were created from former army battalions which sided with the partisans. The most prominent soldier-partisan commanders were [[Ditcho Petrov]] and [[Atanas Rusev]].

In the spring of 1944, the Bulgarian government decided to crush the partisans and mobilised about 100,000 soldiers, policemen and gendarmes, which were thrown into mass actions against the guerrillas. The result was the opposite of that desired. As  the [[Red Army]] advanced towards the [[Balkans]], even more people joined the resistance. NOVA grew as a significant military force. In the [[Tran, Bulgaria|Tran]], Rhodopes and Sredna Gora regions, the partisans were a constant threat to the government.

==Takeover of the government==
On 2 September 1944, the pro-German government of [[Ivan Bagryanov]] stepped down in response to the [[Red Army]]'s advance towards Bulgaria. A pro-Western government of the former legal opposition came to power. It ordered the army not to resist Soviet forces, demanded that the Wehrmacht leave, repudiated the union with Germany and started negotiations with the NOVA commander [[Dobri Terpeshev]]. The right wing Agrarians, who controlled the government, offered the FF some ministerial positions. In the meantime, the police and the army continued to pursue the partisans, unchecked by civil authority. Advancing Soviet troops gave the Communists self-confidence and they rejected the Agrarians' offer.

Between 6 and 9 September 1944, 170 Bulgarian towns and villages were captured by the partisans. On 9 September, Terpeshev ordered all partisans to descend from the mountains and seize power in all of Bulgaria - '"All brigades, battalions and cheti of the people's liberation army are to capture the villages and towns and install FF committees in them"'. In Sofia, "Zveno" mobilised its influence in the military and strong army detachments, including the Tank brigade, sided with the FF and staged a coup on the night of 8/9 September.

Soon after FF's seizure of power, the partisans became the first forces to resist the attempted return of the Wehrmacht in Bulgaria on its western and northwestern border. Bulgarian partisans also participated in the liberation from Nazi occupation of some towns and villages in [[Yugoslavia]] and [[Greece]]. After 9 September and prior to Bulgaria's army joining the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]]' fight against the Axis, former partisans were placed in key positions in the Bulgarian military to ensure its loyalty. Former partisans also built up the new People's Militia, which replaced the Bulgarian police. They allegedly participated in mass retaliation which took the lives of thousands of former civil servants, policemen and gendarmes.

== Strength of partisan forces ==
The ultimate number of partisans according to the official historiography of [[People's Republic of Bulgaria]] was around 30,000. However, researchers after the transition to democracy point to a figure of around 9,900.

In addition, there were foreign members of Bulgarian resistance movement during World War II - 68 Soviet citizens and ex-soldiers (former prisoners of war, who escaped from Nazi concentration camps),<ref>Антифашистская солидарность в годы второй мировой войны, 1939-1945 / редколл., А.Н. Шлепаков, В.А. Вродий и др. Киев, "Наукова думка", 1987. стр.157</ref> several Russian [[white émigré]]s (former participants in the [[White movement]]),<ref>Р.Т. Аблова. Сотрудничество советского и болгарского народов в борьбе против фашизма (1941-1945 гг.). М., 1973. стр.294</ref> several Serbs and 1 Czech communist.<ref>Интернациональное сотрудничество КПСС и БКП: история и современность. / ред. А.Г. Егоров, Д. Елазар. М., Политиздат, 1985. стр.88</ref>

At the beginning of September 1944, the NOVA partisan units comprised one partisan [[Division (military)|division]], 9 partisan brigades, 37 partisan detachments and several combat groups (''cheti'').<ref>Болгария // Советская военная энциклопедия (в 8 тт.) / под ред. [[Nikolai Ogarkov|Н. В. Огаркова]]. том 1. М.: Воениздат, 1976. стр.549</ref>

In the clashes with government and German forces and as a result of torture and executions 2 740 people died between 1941 and 1944.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=lGovFoKjOB8C&pg=PA193 Debating the Past: Modern Bulgarian History: from Stambolov to Zhivkov], Rumen Daskalov, Central European University Press, 2011, ((ISBN|6155053006)) <span>, p. 193.</span></ref>

== Bulgarian citizens in anti-fascist resistance in foreign countries ==
During World War II, Bulgarians took part in the resistance movement in other countries.

Bulgarians took part in the [[Soviet partisans|Soviet partisan movement]]:
* Liliya Karastoyanova (''Лилия Карастоянова'') fought in Chernigov partisan unit of [[Oleksiy Fedorov|A.F. Fedorov]]. In January 1943, in [[Gomel Region]] she was killed in battle with German troops.<ref>В.В. Павлов. Лена // Под одним знаменем. / сост. В.А. Белановский, С.М. Борзунов. М., Госполитиздат, 1963. стр.158-167</ref> For heroism and courage in battle, she was awarded the [[Order of the Patriotic War]] (posthumously).<ref>Мы будем бороться вместе: очерки о бойцах-интернационалистах / сост. В.Р. Томин. М., Политиздат, 1985. стр.96</ref>
* ((ill|Asen Draganov|bg|Асен Драганов|vertical-align=sup)) fought in partisan unit of [[Dmitry Nikolayevich Medvedev|D.N. Medvedev]]. 30 November 1943 he was killed in engagement with German troops. He was awarded the [[Order of the Red Star]].<ref>А.В. Цессарский. Письма Асена // Под одним знаменем. / сост. В.А. Белановский, С.М. Борзунов. М., Госполитиздат, 1963. стр.150-157</ref>
* ((ill|Vera Pavlova (professor)|ru|Павлова, Вера Тодоровна|lt=Vera Pavlova|vertical-align=sup)) was a field medic in partisan unit of [[Dmitry Nikolayevich Medvedev|D.N. Medvedev]]. During the service in this partisan unit she fought in 33 battles and performed 800 medical operations.<ref>В. Томин. Дневник доктора Веры // Мы будем бороться вместе: очерки о бойцах-интернационалистах / сост. В.Р. Томин. М., Политиздат, 1985. стр.190-215</ref> 29 June 1944 she was awarded the [[Medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War"]] 1st class<ref>Удостоверение о награждении Давыдовой Веры Фёдоровны (Веры Павловой) медалью «Партизану Отечественной войны» I степени (фото) // Плечом к плечу, сердцем к сердцу. Воспоминания болгар - бойцов и командиров Красной Армии / сб., сост. М. Костадинова, И. Лалов. пер. с болг. М., Воениздат, 1984 (вклейка)</ref>

50 Bulgarians took part in the partisan movement in Czechoslovakia,<ref>Heinz Kühnrich. Der Partisanenkrieg in Europa 1939 - 1945. Berlin, Dietz Verlag, 1968. s.382</ref> in 1944 they took part in [[Slovak National Uprising]].<ref>Л.Н. Бычков. Партизанское движение в годы Великой Отечественной войны в 1941-1945 (краткий очерк). М., "Мысль", 1965. стр.385</ref><ref>Й. Долежал, Й. Грозиенчик. Международная солидарность в Словацком национальном восстании 1944 года // журнал "[[Questions of History|Вопросы истории]]", № 7, 1961. стр.73-79</ref>

Bulgarian I. Popovich was a member of BSV resistance organization in München.<ref>Д. Левин. Интернациональная бригада // Сильнее смерти. Воспоминания, письма, документы. М., 1963. стр.21-27</ref>

Bulgarian communist [[Todor Angelov]] took part in the [[Belgian Resistance|Belgian Resistance movement]]. In early 1943, he was arrested and interned in the [[Fort Breendonk]] [[concentration camp]], where he was executed in late November 1943.

In addition, 223 Bulgarians (citizens of Bulgaria and Bulgarian emigrants, who had become citizens of the USSR), fought against Axis troops in the [[Soviet Army]]. Some 151 of them were killed in action<ref>А.П. Барбасов, В.А. Золотарев. О прошлом во имя грядущего. Традиции российско-болгарского боевого содружества. М., "Мысль", 1990. стр.229</ref>

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