George UNGUREANU*
Abstract. During the years of World War II, Romania and Bulgaria were, for more than three years each, in the hies of Nazi Germany, against which they turned their guns in 1944, on August 23 and September 9, respectively. The purpose of this article is to draw a comparative picture of the military contribution of the two neighbouring countries to the defeat of the Third Reich, taking into account their human and material potential, domestic political developments, international position and interests. The main sources are some Romanian, Bulgarian and Western published and on-line contributions, supplemented by certain Romanian military archival documents.
Keywords: Romania, Bulgaria, Second World War, military effectives, confrontations, accounts.
DOI 10.56082/annalsarscihist.2025.1.70
*Lecturer, POLITEHNICA University in Bucharest (U.N.S.T.P.B.), Pitești University Centre
PUBLISHED in Annals of the Academy of Romanian Scientists Annals Series on History and Archaeology, Volume 17, No1