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Fourth Army (Bulgaria)

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The Fourth Army was again formed on November 25, 1915. In December of 1917, the Artillery Division of the Army was formed and a military school was established. It was composed of the Tenth Aegean Infantry Division and the Second cavalry division. The Fourth Army was disbanded in October 1918.
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counter-offensive, the Bulgarian command on December 14, 1912, formed this army consisting of the following: Second Infantry Thracian Division, Seventh Infantry Rila Division, the Macedonian-Adrian Army and the Third Airborne Division. The commander of the army was
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The 4th Army had tasks assigned to them from 10 February 1941 to December 19, 1943, when they disbanded, but reformed in September 1944, when Bulgaria joined the allies.
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On October 15, 1944, the army consisted of 42,494 men and 7,152 horses. From October 15 to November 14, 1944, it fought against the Germans in
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Todorov, T., Eftimov, T. Guide to Archival Funds 1877 - 1944. Vol. 1. Sofia, Military Publishing House, 1976.
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Kamburov, Georgi. Lieutenant General Assen Grekov. Sofia, Military Publishing House, 1988. pp. 116 and 123.
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Kamburov, Georgi. Lieutenant General Assen Grekov. Sofia, Military Publishing House, 1988. pp. 116 and 123.
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It was given the task of protecting the southeast border with Turkey as part of the "Covering Front" (
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advancing Serbian troops are stopped, preventing them from joining the
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Military convention between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria
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Negotiations of Bulgaria with the Central Powers and the Entente
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August 11, 1941 - September 12, 1944, executed by partisans
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Chief of Staff of the Army - from the General Staff,
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Index



Bulgaria

Bulgarian Army
Field Army
Battle of Bulair
Battle of Bregalnica
Battle of Kalimanci
Battle of Kresna Gorge
Macedonian front
Stiliyan Kovachev
Stefan Toshev
Bulgarian
field army
Balkan Wars
World War I
World War II
Ottoman Empire
General
Stiliyan Kovachev
Turkish
Bulair
Şarköy
Radovish
Shtip
Kochani
Kingdom of Serbia
Battle of Bregalnitsa
Battle of Kalimantsi

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