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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jlblonde, post: 1528770, member: 32000&quot;]<b>Bulgaria WWI</b></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Bulgaria, which had the largest army in the Balkans, declared war on Serbia in October 1915. Britain, France and Italy responded by declaring war on Bulgaria. In alliance with Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottomans, Bulgaria won military victories against Serbia and Romania, occupying much of Macedonia (taking Skopje in October), advancing into Greek Macedonia, and taking Dobruja from Romania in September 1916. Thus Serbia was knocked out of the war, and Turkey was temporarily rescued from collapse. By 1917, Bulgaria fielded more than a quarter of its 4.5 million population in a 1,200,000-strong army, and inflicted heavy losses on Great Britain (Dorian), France (Monastir), the Russian Empire (Dobrich) and the Kingdom of Romania (Tutrakan).</p><p>However, the war soon became unpopular with most Bulgarians, who suffered great economic hardship and also disliked fighting their fellow Orthodox Christians in alliance with the Muslim Ottomans. The Russian Revolution of February 1917 had a great effect in Bulgaria, spreading anti-war and anti-monarchist sentiment among the troops and in the cities. In June Radoslavov&#039;s government resigned. Mutinies broke out in the army, Stamboliyski was released and a republic was proclaimed.&quot; (Wikipedia)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]201214.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Bulgaria - 5 Stotinki - 1917 - KM #24a</p><p>[ATTACH]200957.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]200958.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bulgaria - 10 Stotinki - 1917 - KM #25a</p><p>[ATTACH]200959.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]200960.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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