Figure 1.--Here we see a Bulgarian school class in 1935. It is a secondary school. Note the military-style uniforms that the boys wear. The class is learning to use gas masks. Europe was terrified that in a coming war, that chemical weapons would be used agaist civilians as part of air attacks on children. Click on the image for a closer view of the uniforms.

The Agrarian Party Goverment that came to power in 1919 worked hard to improve the country's economy and lot of the country's large rural population, despite the harshness of the Neuilly Treaty (1919). The Goverment sought to curb extreme right-wing groupd and after a history of Balkan wars, friendly relations with neighboring countries. An attempt to curtail the power of the monarchy in 1923 resulted in a coup d'etat and the assasination of the Agrarian Prime Minister. Internal dissension followed. The Communists, Agrarians, and Liberals were excluded from a Government of national unity. A war with Greece in 1925 was mediated by the League of Nations. King Borris assumed dictatorial powers in 1935. The Bulgarians were swept into the NAZI orbit following the early German sucesses in Poland and France. Hitler forced the Romanians to cede territory. Bulgaria joined the Axis in 1941 and agreed to the entry of German forces. The Bulgarians assisted the Gemans in operations against Yugoslavia and Greece and occupied territories of those countries. Bulgarian signed the Anti-Comitetrn Pact and after Pear Harbor declared war on the United States and Britain. They did not declare war on the Russians despite intense pressure from Hitler. They also did not participate in the NAZI Holocaust. The Bulgariand refused to deliver up their Jees to the SS, one of the few European countries to protect them. (Denmark and Spain were the only other ones.) King Borris was assasinated in 1943 after returning home from a meeting with Hitler who intensified demands for the Bulgarians to enter the War. The King was suceeded by his 6-year old son Simeon II under a pro-NAZI regency. The Russians massed along the border and Bulgaria in 1994 decalred War on Germany and adsked for an armistace. A Goverment friendly to the Russians was immediately installed. We have little information on school uniforms during this period. The images here suggests that secondary school students wore a kind of military uniform.

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