Abstract: The collection of papers from the scientific conference entitled BULGARIA GERMANY. THE FIRST WORLD WAR. LESSONS LEARNED FOR THE FUTURE contains a total of 21 publications, divided into the following three scientific areas: Geopolitical aspects of World War I; Operations in World War I; and Minorities and social aspects in World War I. The authors of the papers are researchers from four research institutes and nine universities, including all the higher military education establishments in Bulgaria. Their studies reflect the modern recreation of the events from a century ago with regards to the Bulgarian involvement in that war.
The papers are based on archival fonds from the State Military History Archive – VelikoTarnovo, the Scientific Archive with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Central State Archive – Sofia and the Naval History Museum – Varna.

ISBN: 978-619-7428-27-8 – eLibrary Index – https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=36280922

Contents:

GEOPOLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

1. THE OUTCOMES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ON THE BULGARIAN FINANCES AND ECONOMY … 11
2. THE THRACIAN ISSUE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR … 18
3. THOUGHTS OF A GERMAN DIPLOMAT (1914): BETWEEN THE REALITY, THE AMBITIONS OF AGGRESSIVE IMPERIALISM AND GEOPOLITICAL FANTASIES … 27
4. ATTEMPTS TO AVOID THE CATASTROPHE: THE INFORMAL DIPLOMACY AND THE EXIT OF BULGARIA OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR … 33
5. ONCE MORE ON THE BULGARIAN NAVAL MISSION IN ODESSA IN 1918 … 44
6. THE DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE STATES OF THE QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE IN DOBRUDJA DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR … 54
7. THE PROBLEMS IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DR. V. RADOSLAVOV AND TSAR FERDINAND DURING THE YEARS OF WORLD WAR I … 65

OPERATIONS IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR

1. THE BULGARIAN FIELD AND MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR (1914-1918) … 89
2. THE ACTIONS OF THE GUERILLA COMPANY OF CAPTAIN NIKOLA LEFTEROV DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR … 97
3. ARMS SUPPLIES FROM DEUTSCHE WAFFEN – UND MUNITIONSFABRIKEN AG DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR … 111
4. “BULGARIA” HYDRO-AVIATION STATION IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR … 121
5. SPECIAL FEATURES OF CADETS’ TRAINING FROM RESERVE SECOND LIEUTENANTS SCHOOL DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR (1915 – 1918) … 134
6. ORGANIZATION OF THE ANTI-AIRCRAFT AND GAS DEFENCE FROM THE 9-TH PLEVEN INFANTRY DIVISION … 143
7. CONSTRUCTION OF THE ANTI-TANK DEFENSE IN THE REGION OF THE DOYRAN POSITION … 157

MINORITIES AND SOCIAL ASPECTS DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

1. ACCENTS OF MEDICAL SERVICE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR … 173
2. THE BULGARIAN MILITARY COURTS DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR … 184
3. PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN THE BULGARIAN ARMY DURING WORLD WAR I … 195
4. YORDAN YOVKOV‘S WAR SHORT STORIES: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE BULGARIAN LITERATURE FOR THE BULGARIANS IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR? … 202
5. STEFAN SAVOV BOBCHEV AND THE ATTENDANCE BULGARIA IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR … 213
6. PARALLEL WAR … 224
7. SUPPLY OF GERMAN UNIFORMS FOR THE BULGARIAN ARMYDURING WORLD WAR I … 239