Special attention was focused on the border with Serbia where the main Bulgarian forces had to be deployed.

Bulgarian nationalist forces tried to take advantage of the country's hard economic and uncertain political conditions.

With the end of the campaign a general order for the regrouping of all Bulgarian forces was issued.

As a result of their subsequent defeat, the Bulgarian forces retreated further north.

The Bulgarian forces however still remained scattered and had to cover a front of almost 600 kilometers.

During the war, especially in 1943, Bulgarian forces caused many civilian casualties.

The Bulgarian forces in these areas spent the following years fighting various nationalist groups and resistance movements.

It is currently in service with the Bulgarian armed forces.

The Bulgarian forces then returned home, using the Bosnian route.

It was there that the army was supposed to encounter and crush the Bulgarian forces coming from the southeast.