Bombing of Sofia in World War II

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Bombing of Sofia in World War II
Part of Bulgaria during World War II
Bombing of Sofia, April 1944
Date April 1941 November 1943 – April 1944 Location Kingdom of Bulgaria
Belligerents
United Kingdom  United States  Yugoslavia (1941)  Greece (1941)	Bulgaria
Commanders and leaders
John Simpson Jimmy Doolittle	Dimitar Ayranov Vasil Valkov
Strength
2,387–2,500 aircraft	150–200 aircraft 11 heavy air defense batteries
Casualties and losses
Military ranks: 256 killed (159 in battle, 28 missing, 69 died of their wounds); 333 captured; unspecified number of wounded Airplanes shot down: 185 bombers and fighters Unspecified number damaged aircraft	Military ranks: 23 killed in battle (22 Bulgarians, 1 German) Civilian population, etc.: 3,950 killed, wounded or missing; 4,744 wounded Damaged buildings: 12,657 Planes down: 27 Unspecified number of damaged aircraft

The Bulgarian capital of Sofia suffered a series of Allied bombing raids during World War II, from mid 1941 to early 1944. Bulgaria declared war on the United Kingdom and the United States on 13 December 1941. The Southern Italy-based Allied air forces extended the range of their strategic operations to include Bulgaria and other Axis allies in 1943.