Bulgarian resistance movement during World War II

Bulgarian Resistance
Part of Resistance during World War II

Bulgarian partisans enter Sofia, 9 September 1944
DateAugust 1941 – September 1944
Location
Result

Victory of the Resistance

  • Bulgaria switches sides in World War II from the Axis to the Allies
  • Soviet invasion of Bulgaria and establishment of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
Belligerents
Units involved
Casualties and losses
3055 killed, executed and died in imprisonment[1] unknown
Bulgarian partisan at a triumphal arch, 1944
Monument to the Bulgarian partisans in Tran, Bulgaria

The Bulgarian Resistance (Bulgarian: Партизанско движение в България, romanizedPartizansko dvizhenie v Bǎlgariya, lit.'Partisan movement in Bulgaria') was part of the anti-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).