1944 Bulgarian coup d'état

The 1944 Bulgarian coup d'état, also known as the 9 September coup d'état (Bulgarian: Деветосептемврийски преврат, romanized: Devetoseptemvriyski prevrat), was a coup that overthrew the government of Kingdom of Bulgaria carried out on the eve of 9 September 1944. During the People's Republic of Bulgaria it was called using the propaganda term People's Uprising of 9 September – on the grounds of the broad unrest and Socialist Revolution – as it was a turning point politically and the beginning of radical reforms towards Soviet-style socialism.[1]

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1944 Bulgarian coup d'état
Part of World War II
NOVA partisans entering Plovdiv, 9 September 1944
Date 9 September 1944 Location Kingdom of Bulgaria Result Fatherland Front victory
Belligerents
Bulgaria Royal Army Supported by:  Germany	Fatherland Front NOVA BCP BZNS Zveno Supported by:  Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Prince Kiril   Bogdan Filov   Nikola Mihov  Konstantin Muraviev	Georgi Dimitrov Vasil Kolarov Kimon Georgiev Ivan Marinov [bg] Damyan Velchev