Fatherland Front (FF) was originally a Bulgarian political resistance movement during World War II. The Zveno movement, the communist Bulgarian Workers Party, a wing of the Agrarian Union and the Bulgarian Social Democratic Party where part of the FF. It was soon dominated by the Bulgarian Communist Party. In 1944 the FF committed a coup d 'etat and they declared war on Germany, Italia and the other Axis nations. The FF government, headed by Kimon Georgiev (Zveno) immediately signed a ceasefire treaty with the Soviet Union. In 1946 Georgiev resigned and his successor was Georgi Dimitrov, a communist, and Bulgaria became a People's Republic. The Fatherland Front and the parties within the Front continued to exist, but it became a puppet/mass organisation for the communists (see: communism). In 1989 or 1990 it was dissolved. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Zveno (Link) was a Bulgarian military and political organisation, founded in 1930 by army officers. ... The Bulgarian Communist Party was the ruling party of the Bulgaria from 1946 until 1990 when it ceased to be a Communist state. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The word axis has several meanings: In geometry, it may refer to: An axis of rotation A coordinate axis An axis of symmetry In anatomy, the axis is the second cervical vertebra. ... Kimon Georgiev (Stoyanov) (1882-1969) was a Bulgarian prime minister. ... A ceasefire is a temporary stoppage of a war, for any of various reasons. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Georgi Dimitrov Georgi Mikhailov Dimitrov (Георги Димитров) (June 18, 1882 - July 2, 1949) was a Bulgarian Communist leader. ... Peoples Republic (sometimes Popular Republic) is a title that is often used by Marxist-Leninist governments to describe their state. ... Communism is a term that can refer to one of several things: a social and economic system, an ideology which supports that system, or a political movement that wishes to implement that system. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The FF consisted mainly of poor un-educated workers, thiefs and other criminals. Except for several sabotages (with soviet co-operation) it was mostly a criminal organisation camoflaged with Communist losungs.
Bulgaria entered World War I in 1915 on the side of the Central Powers, but was forced to agree on an armistice with the Allies (see Allied Powers) in September 1918.
Bulgaria declared war on Greece and Yugoslavia in April, shortly afterward occupying all of Yugoslav Macedonia, Grecian Thrace, eastern Greek Macedonia, and the Greek districts of Florina and Kastoría.
Under pressure from the Soviets, Bulgaria renounced its treaty of friendship with Yugoslavia after the Soviet-Yugoslavian rift in 1948; relations with the country and its successor states have since continued to fluctuate, as have those with neighboring Greece and Turkey.
Bulgaria rose again as a major Balkan power in the 12th and 13th centuries, especially under Ivan Asen II (r.1218–41), who had his capital at Turnovo.
In late 1982 and 1983, Bulgaria became a center of international attention because of allegations by Italian investigators that Bulgarian agents were involved in the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II at the Vatican on 13 May 1981.
Bulgaria's first non-Communist government since World War II was led by Filip Dimitrov, of the UDF; however, most of his ministers were chosen for technical expertise, rather than party affiliation.
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