Why did Bulgaria lose so much land? (Short Animated Documentary)

Bulgaria, the only axis country that technically gained more land before the war

20th century Bulgarian history in a nutshell: "The risk I took was calculated, but man, our math department is severely underfunded"

'Go to Bosnia, they said.' On behalf of all your fans in Bulgaria, another masterpiece.

As a Serb I can say that every Balkan nation had(has) aspiration to neighboring territory for the last 1000 years. Today we are all depopulated and this is visible traveling throughout our beautiful landscapes. I've been travelling from Vidin to Sofia for almost 300km. Deserted villages and cities. The same situation in Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia, Croatia.

"Stalin told them to drop it and drop it, they did" whilst holding a sign that said SHUT UP had truly made my day.

First Balkan War : Greeks and Bulgarians are allies against the Turks Second Balkan War (2 months later) : Turks and Greeks are allies against the Bulgarians World War One (next year) : Turks and Bulgarians are allies against the Greeks

2:23 “Dear friends, Please be Gentle.” Your loving friend, Bulgaria This channel is gold lmao

Pozdrowienia z Polski dla braci Bulgarow!

Another reason why Bulgaria kept southern debrusia was because they didn't join in on the invasion of the soviet union, unlike Romania.

I loved the joke with Franz Ferdinand. "Go by Bosnia, they said" and it went surprisingly well for him.

As a bulgarian I have to make the obligatory "I'm a bulgarian" comment. Thanks for mentioning us History Matters. I adore your humour.

There was another incident regarding religious issues. Around the same time of Bulgaria's semi-indepedence from the Ottomans following the Russo-Turkish war of 1878, the Bulgarians created the Bulgarian Exarchate, which to put it mildly turned the Bulgarian Church into an independent Patriarchate. This created a fear within the Orthodox hierarchy, including the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, since it created the first example of ethnophyletism, where the Church was bound by national criterions, not by ecclestiastical ones (a heresy in the Orthodox Christian world). Following the creation of the Bulgarian Exarchate, this created the opportunity to bolster the Bulgarian Church as a means of Bulgarian expansion in Ottoman lands that had Bulgarian population at that time, including Macedonia, creating the Macedonian Struggle, in which Greeks and Bulgarians fought in Ottoman lands to decide the fate of the land. Ultimately, the Young Turk Revolution and the subsequent Balkan and World War wars ended Bulgarian aspirations in Macedonia, and, gradually, the Bulgarian Exarchate ceased to exist after its Church was eventually turned into a Patriarchate during the Communist rule in the modern borders of Bulgaria.

“Bulgaria wished it was bigger and was still bitter about losing the second Balkan war. The central powers promised to make all of Bulgaria’s wildest dreams come true if they helped. So they signed on and together they knocked out Serbia.” Also: this enraged everyone, who punished Bulgaria severely

As A Bulgarian I want to thank you for making a video about my country. Keep up the good work!

"There was only one way of asking this: asking politely... also war." I love this channel. XD

Fun Fact: Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria and Archduke Franz Ferdinand absolutely hated each other, to the point that when travelling on the same train the Tsar wouldn't let the Archduke go through his carriage to get to the dining car

I think a 10 minutes history on the Balkan wars could be a great video idea

Important to mention that a lot of these lands had or were perceived to have a bulgarian majority so it was not only seen as a matter of prestige or power for the Tsar and Government, but also as a matter for national unification (which the people demanded for the majority of the 3rd bulgarian tsardom) and that every prime minister and cabinet had to pursue no matter the cost. This simply additional info on why the Bulgarian state pursued the San-Stefano borders and got itself into several wars. I'm not justifying anything that happened because of this fixation

Good video in general. Maybe, though, it would be good to mention that those lands that Bulgaria desired were inhabited in their majority by Bulgarians, which was confirmed by the Ottoman Sultan just 10 years before the liberation, with the establishment of the Bulgarian Church there. In his ferman, he recognized that in those lands, lived mainly Bulgarians. One more thing worth mentioning is that the Bulgarian army actually joined the Soviets in their fight against the German army, which was a positive point to leave us some gains after the war.

Make a video on why Northern Epirus is not a part of Greece despite being controlled by Greece for 3 times in it's modern history.