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March 1-Bulgaria joins Axis and local Communists protest as Nazi troops enter Sofia heading for Greek border...
...heaviest and by far the more important drives were farther south. Through the mountains from Sofia to Nish and Skoplje went drives intended to cut the vital Vardar Valley and divide the Yugoslavs from the Greeks. And down the Struma River valley towards Salonika went another drive to break the Greeks' back and roll the British into...
...Yugoslavia coming down in a drive that will outflank and take the great Yugoslavian loop of the Danube Drives were to be expected down the river itself from Mohacs and Subotica in Hungary, and perhaps also from Rumania through the Iron Gate, or from Bulgaria driving towards Nish from Sofia...
...equipment will be a less serious disadvantage, and they might prolong their resistance a long time, especially if they fall back toward the Greek frontier, whence they can draw reinforcements and supplies. To do that, however, they must guard well their eastern frontier. Directly over the mountains from Sofia to Skoplje run a number of mountain trails. If the Germans can drive across the mountains they can cut off the Yugoslavs from their allies...
...Sofia he sat down for two hours with Boris. Since both men are old soldiers, Colonel Donovan doubtless talked soldiers' language to the Tsar. And since Bulgaria waited another six weeks before joining the Axis, his language must have been somewhat effective. It was during his stay in Sofia that someone pinched Wild Bill's passport (TIME, Feb. 3). But the papers the pickpocket wanted were where he could not reach them...