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1919

November

27
- The Treaty of NeuillyOn 27 November 1919 Bulgaria signed peace with the Entente at Neuilly. It lost Western Thrace and access to the Aegean, and its army was cut to 20,000.

1939

September

11
- Turkey and Bulgaria stay neutralOn 11 September 1939 Prime Minister Refik Saydam announced that Turkey would stay out of the war for now. On 15 September Bulgaria formally declared neutrality.

1940

November

25
- Soviet terms for joining the Tripartite PactOn 25 November 1940 Molotov gave Germany Soviet terms for joining the pact: Finland, Bulgaria, the Straits, the Persian Gulf. Berlin never replied.

1941

February

21
- The Germans on the DanubeIn February 1941 the German Twelfth Army waited in Romania to enter Bulgaria. The Danube bridges were due on 28 February, as Britain readied help for Greece.

March

01
- Bulgaria joins the Tripartite PactOn 1 March 1941 Prime Minister Bogdan Filov signed Bulgaria’s accession to the Tripartite Pact in Vienna. Next day the German Twelfth Army crossed the Danube.

September

28
- The Drama uprisingOn the night of 28–29 September 1941 Greeks around Drama rose against Bulgarian occupation. The Bulgarians crushed the revolt and shot thousands of civilians.

1942

June

05
- The US declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary and RomaniaOn 5 June 1942 Roosevelt signed Congress's resolutions on a state of war with Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania – the last formal US declarations of war.

1943

September

04
- Bulgaria after the death of Tsar Boris IIIIn September 1943 Bulgaria buried Tsar Boris III, and a regency council took power for six-year-old Simeon II. There was not yet any war with the USSR.

1944

September