Bulgarian People's Army

Bulgarian People's Army
Българска народна армия
Bulgarska Narodna Armiya
War flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990)
MottoЗа нашата социалистическа родина!
Za nashata sotsialisticheska rodina!
"For our socialist motherland!"
Founded1952
Disbanded1990
Service branches Bulgarian Land Forces
Bulgarian Air Force
Bulgarian Navy
HeadquartersSofia
Leadership
General Secretary Petar Mladenov (last)
Minister of People's Defence Yordan Mutafchiev (last)
Chief of the General Staff Hristo Dobrev (last)
Personnel
ConscriptionYes
Active personnel152,000 (1989)
Deployed personnel Czechoslovakia
Industry
Foreign suppliers Soviet Union
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HistoryWarsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia

The Bulgarian People's Army (Bulgarian: Българска народна армия, БНА, romanizedBalgarska narodna armiya, BNA) was the army of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. It comprised the Bulgarian Land Forces, Air Force and Air Defence, Navy and supporting arms. Bulgaria was one of the signatories of the Warsaw Pact. Along with troops from other Warsaw Pact countries, the BNA participated in the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. However, other than this, the BNA did not see any combat during its existence. The Bulgarian People's Army was dissolved along with the People's Republic of Bulgaria in 1990 and was succeeded by the Bulgarian Armed Forces.