BULGARIAN ORDER OF BATTLE: MILITARY UNITS IN THE PLOVDIV AREA

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 10, 2009
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
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tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
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Bulgarian Order of Battle. Military
Units in the Plovdiv Area..
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1. An unidentified military command is located in the quarters occupied b 2 ttThrace"
Infantry Division command prior to World War II.
was a divisional or higher
command. is comma. is located in a -story horseshoe-shaped building. The
central wing is approximately 100 by 20 meters in size and the two side wings
are 40 by 20 meters in size. The building is located on the right bank of the
Maritsa River9 on Saedinenie Square, in the center of an area surrounded by a wall
surmounted by an iron fence. Army guards are posted at the entrance to the
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building and are armed with rifles and submachine guns.
2. An unidentified military unit is quartered in the barracks occu
Regiment prior to World War II. This barracks is located immed
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An unidentified military unit is quartered in the barracks previously occupied
by a combat engineers unit., located immediately southwest of Plovdiv., on the
Perushtitsa-.Brestovitsa road., adjacent to the barracks of the former 3 Cavalry
Regiment.
6. An unidentified number of new., large barracks has been built in the past four
years behind the railroad station., in.the southeastern part of Plovdiv, in the
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7. The city of Plovdiv rises on five hills, two of which have been declared military
zones and are forbidden to civilians. These two hills are the Bunardzhik and
Sakhat hills, at the foot of which are civilian houses; however, there are no
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with barbed wire fences with signs stating that those crossing said fences will
be shot without warning. Durin World War II antiaircraft emplacements were
located on to of these hills.
On unardzhik ill, here is a woo en
ower meters in height., the use of which is not known. Underneath the two
hills, during World War II, air raid shelters were excavated, but they are now
closed or are used as storerooms for various purposes, and are rented to civilians.
Under Nebe Hill, a tunnel has been excavated to facilitate, it is said, the city
traffic. The excavation of the tunnel was concluded in June 19529 and work 25Xte
walls of the tunnel is now in progress.
8. A military hospital is located in the hospital zone of Plovdiv, on the hill
formerly known as Gendem Hill and now called Halmna Mladeshta Hill, in front of
Bunardzhik Hill.
9. In September and October 1951, fifteen to twenty reserve officers who were residents
of Plovdiv, were recalled for a two to three month period. These recalls are for
the purposes of training reserves in the use of new weapons of an unspecified type
which have been issued to the Bulgarian Army.
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