On June 6, 1942m the United States Congress declared war upon Bulgaria. Bulgaria was neutral during 1939-1941, but on March 1, 1941, Bulgaria signed the Tripartite Pact and officially joined the Axis bloc. Following this, the Bulgarian government was forced by Germany to declare a token war on the United Kingdom and the United States on December 13, 1941. The United States officially declared war on Bulgaria on June 6, 1942. The capital of Bulgaria, Sofia, and other Bulgarian cities, would be bombed by Allied aircraft in 1943 and 1944.
Text of the declaration[]
JOINT RESOLUTION Declaring that a state of war exists between the Government of Bulgaria and the Government and the people of the United States and making provisions to prosecute the same.
Whereas the Government of Bulgaria has formally declared war against the Government and the people of the United States of America: Therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the state of war between the United States and the Government of Bulgaria which has thus been thrust upon the United States is hereby formally declared; and the President is hereby authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the Government to carry on war against the Government of Bulgaria; and, to bring the conflict to a successful termination, all the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States.[1]
See also[]
- Military history of Bulgaria during World War II
- Bombing of Sofia in World War II
- The Armistice Agreement with Bulgaria; October 28, 1944 at Historical Resources about the Second World War
- The Peace Treaty with Bulgaria, signed in Paris in 1947 at The Avalon Project - Documents in History, Law and Diplomacy (Yale Law School)
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