In the aftermath of Bulgaria's decision to sign the Tripartite Pact, it's worth looking at how this event is portrayed and how the major players, both internally and externally, reacted.

Major Characters in this Episode:

Tsar Boris III

Adolf Hitler

Prime Minister Bogdan Filov

Sources:

• История на България в Дати by Vasil Katsunov, Plamen Mitev, Valeri Kolev, Evgenia Kalinova, and Iskra Baeva

• Crown of Thorns by Stephane Groueff

• The Balkans by Misha Glenny

• The Left Side of Hstory, WWII and the Unfulfilled Promise of Communism in Eastern Europe by Kristen Ghodsee

• The Bulgarian Communist Party from Blagoev to Zhivkov by John D. Bell

• The Bulgarian Jews and the Final Solution, 1940-1944 by Frederick B. Chary

• Beyond Hitler's Grasp, The Heroic Rescue of Bulgaria's Jews by Michael Bar-Zohar

• 120 Years National Assembly 1879-1999 by Svetoslav Buodinov and Valeri Kalchev