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Bulgaria Seeks Armistice

| World War I

Bulgaria became the first of the Central Powers to seek an armistice after the Allied Salonika offensive broke through Bulgarian lines. The armistice opened the Balkan route to Austria-Hungary and exposed Germany's southern flank. Ludendorff reportedly suffered a nervous breakdown upon hearing the news, and it was the Bulgarian collapse that convinced him Germany must seek peace immediately.

Sources

  • T2 Richard Hall, The Bulgarian Army in the First World War (2010) Major
  • T1 Allied Supreme War Council, Bulgarian Armistice Terms (1918) Official
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