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Trun Partisan Detachment
The Trun Partisan Detachment was a subdivision of the First Sofia Insurgent Operational Zone of the so-called People's Liberation Insurgent Army (NOVA) during the partisan movement in Bulgaria. It mainly operated in the area of Tran, Bulgaria, Trun and Breznik. History The first communist partisans in Transko began operating in early 1942. They established contact in the town of Vranje and interacted with Yugoslav Partisans. In April 1943, a battle group from the region, established at the beginning of the year, grew into the Trun partisan detachment. The first Commander was Slavcho Transki, the political commissar was Delcho Simov, and the deputy commander was Stefan Rangelov. On June 16, 1942, together with Yugoslav partisans, they captured the village of Glavanovtsi. In 1943 they carried out actions in the villages of Dzhinchovtsi, Strezimirovtsi, Lyalintsi, Yarlovtsi, Kashle, Gorna Melna, Zabel, Filipovtsi and Maslovishte. According to written sou ... [...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, there h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |