Bulgaria – First World War Centenary News Archive

April 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Duke of Kent honours Commonwealth First World War dead in Bulgaria

The Duke of Kent has paid tribute to First World War servicemen who’re buried in Commonwealth cemeteries in Bulgaria.

October 9, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 years ago: Belgrade falls, Bulgaria enters war & Allies land at Salonika

The Central Powers captured Belgrade on October 9th 1915 as the Allies launched a belated attempt to help Serbia by landing troops in neighbouring Greece.

July 27, 2018 CN Editorial Team

New film remembers ‘forgotten’ Salonika campaign

A newly-released short film focusses on the First World War campaign in the Balkans which drew in 600,000 Allied troops from across the globe.

September 14, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago – Last Push against Bulgaria from Salonika

Allied troops started their final advance on the Macedonian Front on 15 September 1918, knocking Bulgaria out of the First World War two weeks later.

September 30, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago – Bulgaria exits the First World War

The Central Powers were left exposed in the Balkans, after Bulgaria dropped out of WW1 under an armistice which came into effect on 30 September 1918.

October 26, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The last days of WW1 – October/November 1918

A Centenary News glance at key events in the closing days of the Great War, as the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empires stopped fighting, and Germany too edged towards a ceasefire.