> be WW2 Bulgaria.> join the Axis purely to use Germany's powers in order to do landgrabs against Romania, Greece and Yugoslavia that exclusively benefit you.> don't contribute a single soldier to Barbarossa because of russophilia.> refuse to kill your own kikes.Fold after a single of day of the Soviet invasion.> still come out of the war larger than before it because the clay you stole from Romania was never given back.Why isn't their reputation at least as bad as Italy's? Neutral Spain was probably more helpful to Germany than these guys, and this is also ironic because in WW1 they were Germany's MOST reliable ally.
>>18537275>Why isn't their reputation at least as bad as Italy's?Because nobody cares about Bulgaria.
>>18537275Balkan politics don't actually matter since it's all irrelevant. You just side with whoever the enemy of your enemy's ally is. Greece was a British ally and Serbia was a Russian ally, therefore Bulgaria is a German ally. Putting any more thought into the issue is a waste of time
>>18537275This >>18537525 but to a lesser extent it seems to me that Bulgaria got the closest any nation bar maybe Thailand to winning WW2 on the losing side. Italy was a bad ally, Bulgaria was shrewdly disloyal.
>>18537275because no one cares about the gypsy turk mutts that are bulgarians
this may come as a shock to you but countries actually pursue their own interests. Bulgaria was already exhausted from three major catastrophic wars, freeing up German manpower and trading with Germany was already a sufficient benefit for the Axis.if you consider the internal politics of the different states, the issue becomes even clearer. bulgaria was already a divided and politically fragmented country, it had its hands full dealing with its internal affairs and was certainly not excited for the prospect of another total war. most countries were not, and largely sided with the Allies or the Axis as a compromise. Hungary is a great example. these countries had limited goals and therefore a limited commitment to the Axis, they did not believe in total war to the end, the factions that did were extremely radical fascist ideologues who had basically put their lives on the line for the cause of the Axis, these are the people who knew they would get slaughtered if the Allies won (as happened for example in Romania when the communists took over). so countries where this element was strong and radical enough to be in control, or to at least take control, continued fighting to the end. those who had different conditions, did not do so.italy is another great example. much of the country and even the fascist party had no desire to fight to the end, which is why they removed Mussolini. the radical elements established the Salo Republic with the help of Germany and continued the fight.even in Germany this division existed. consider for example the German army officers trying to assassinate Hitler in order to end the war, and also the difference between Hitler's attitude of war to the end, and even radical ideologues like Himmler who instead believed in trying to negotiate peace.
>>18537275bulgaria mobilized a quarter of its population in ww1, made an outsized contribution to the central powers' war effort, and got severely punished for its trouble. we learned from our mistake and let westoid goycattle do the heavy lifting the next go around
>>18537275During our occupation, Greeks fled Bulgarian occupied territory to reach Italian or German sectors. That's how bad it was. Germans and Italians occupied us for military reason, there was looting of course, and starvation from blockades and to take food to Germany, but it was a military affair. Bulgarians wanted to ethnically cleanse Thrace and Macedonia and replace it with Bulgarians, they destroyed schools and cultural places, massacred people. They got off extremely lightly.
>>18539191>During our occupation, Greeks fled Bulgarian occupied territory to reach Italian or German sectors. That's how bad it was.kek!my great granddad hunted partisans in northern greece, lived past 90 years of age. fun fact: britain supported greece's bid to annex the arda valley from bulgaria after ww2, but it failed because yugoslavia and the ussr lobbied for our territorial integrity>Bulgarians wanted to ethnically cleanse Thrace and Macedonia and replace it with Bulgarians, they destroyed schools and cultural places, massacred people.most of the "people" in northern greece are post-lausanne settlers from tranatolia, it's a pity they escaped the turkish saber to begin with. you should thank us for making greece whiter by trimming their numbers
