Word: bulgaria
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...Bulgaria is a peasant country, whose capital, Sofia, has been called an overgrown village. Bulgarians for the most part are pro-Russian by tradition, provincial by nature, pro-German by decree of persistently pro-German governments. They like Americans (but have had few dealings with them), consider Britain anti-Bulgar. They fear and hate the Turks, who ruled them for five centuries. They think that they have a right to keep lands snatched from Yugoslavia and Greece, but do not want to fight for these territories. In World War II they have found little profit, much distress...
...Bombs wiped out the center of the city, disrupted the telephone and water systems. Fires swept the town. After seven raids in two months (all from Allied air bases in Italy), the city's air-raid alarms had been destroyed; church bells had to be used as alerts. Bulgaria's neighbors said that the authorities had ordered the evacuation of Sofia's 300,000 people, but that the government remained...
Pressure Within. Fright is not enough to break the German hold on Bulgaria. If anything, the Germans have recently tightened their grip. But, unable to throw out the Nazis immediately, Bulgarians can and do look around for a future exit from...
Mushanoff is a classic middle-of-the-roader. He admires German culture and efficiency, but hates Naziism. He is emotionally pro-Russian, but detests Communism. He advocates an entente with other Balkan peoples, but thinks Bulgaria should keep some of her neighbors' territories. From all except the most radical viewpoints, he is respectable...
...bolster the authority of pro-Axis Premier Ion Antonescu, fresh batches of Gestapo agents arrived in Bucharest. Temporarily as in neighboring Bulgaria (TiME, Jan. 10), the Nazi hold might be strong enough to prevent outright defection. But neither the Nazis nor the orders of the quisling Premier could halt Rumania's rising panic...