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Georgi Benkovski Partisan Brigade
The Georgi Benkovski Partisan Brigade was a division of the Third Pazardzhik Insurgent Operational Zone of NOVA during the Bulgarian resistance movement during World War II. It mainly operated in the region of Sredna Gora. History The first partisan group was formed around the village of Strelcha in the summer of 1942. In October 1942, detachments were formed from the Strelcha and Panagyurishte groups. After expanding on May 20, 1943, they merged to from into the Georgi Benkovski Detachment. The first Commander of the detachment was Luka Navushtanov, with Tsvyatko Barov as political commissar. In July 1943 they united for joint operations with the Ihtiman partisan detachment, though the two detachments retained separate leaders. They were holding Bunaya Peak. The two detachments separated after a major battle with the police and gendarmerie in the Konska Polyana area on August 28, 1943. In the autumn of 1943 they carried out actions in the villages of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgarian Resistance Movement During World War II
The Bulgarian Resistance 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). Background The Communists had long despised the pro-German policy of Prime Minister Bogdan Filov and even campaigned in 1940 for a political pact with Moscow (the Sobolev action). German forces entered Bulgaria on 1–2 March 1941 as a result of Bulgaria's adhesion to the Axis. The Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) declared this to be a "fatal move" and once again called for a union with the USSR. On 6 March 1941 Georgi Dimitrov called on the people of Bulgaria to start resistance against the Germans. Before the German invasion of the USSR, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |