Nikola Georgiev Stoychev was a Bulgarian Lieutenant-General who fought in World War II.
Biography
He was born on October 13, 1891, in
Kostenets.
He began serving in the Seventh Artillery Regiment. In 1928 he was an artillery instructor at the Reserve Officers' School. The following year he became commander of the Second Divisional Artillery Regiment, and from 1931 he was commander of the Third Divisional Artillery Regiment and worked in the artillery division at the State Military Factory. In 1934 he became head of the artillery department of the Fourth Military Inspection District. In the period 1936 - 1941 he was an inspector of artillery.
Between August 1941 and January 1943, he was commander of the
Third Bulgarian Army. In November 1943, he became commander of the
Second Bulgarian Army
The Bulgarian Second Army was a Bulgarian field army during the Balkan Wars, World War I, and World War II.
History
After 1907, during times of peace, the territory of Bulgaria was divided in three army inspectorates, each one comprising three ...
until September 1944, when Bulgaria switched sides after Soviet forces had crossed the Bulgarian-Romanian border. He went into reserve, until he was tried and sentenced to death by the
People's Court and shot on February 1, 1945.
Sources
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1891 births
1945 deaths
Bulgarian military personnel of World War II
Bulgarian generals
Executed Bulgarian people
People executed by the People's Republic of Bulgaria
People's Court (Bulgaria)
People executed by Bulgaria by firing squad