A hard choice for Tsar Boris III: on the issue of Bulgaria’s accedence to the Tripartite Pact in 1941

Authors

  • Elena L. Valeva Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences , Институт славяноведения РАН

Keywords:

Bulgarian history, Tsar Boris III, World War II, Triple Pact, Bulgarian-German relations

Abstract

A number of circumstances made Bulgaria under the rule of Tsar Boris III run the gamut from neutrality to the alliance with Hitlerite Germany. The article describes difficult internal and external conditions under which the Bulgarian monarch had to work and to make this fatal choice.

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Published

29-12-2016

Issue

Vol. 11 (2016)

Section

Human in history