Interrogation of Freiherr von Weichs

WWII Nurnberg Interrogation Records

C O N F I D E N T I A L

Ref No PWB/SAIC/5

30 May 45

PWB - CPT - HQ 7th Army

German Intelligence Section Special Interrogation Series No 5. 

(This Report is published in cooperation with Seventh Army Interrogation Center) 

Field Marshal Freiherr von Weichs, former commander of the Balkan Army,
(Army Group F)

Von Weichs explains that his stuff was dissolved in March 1945, and that he himself was superannuated.

C O N F I D E N T I A L

Ref No SAIC/FIR/55

12 Oct 45

PART II -- GERMAN BALKAN POLICIES DURING WORLD WAR II

b. BULGARIA

(1) Memories of the Old Days

"Led by the energetic pro-German Czar BORIS, Bulgaria was a country which Germany fondly considered as her old ally of World War I. Memories of old friendships were renewed as ties were formed in the latest alliance in the old struggle for the Balkans. It is true, that alight pressure was necessary in order to induce Bulgaria to join the forces of the Three-Power Pact. Political convictions of the nation's majority, however, demanded this step."

(2) Balkan Powder Keg
"Ever since the time of second Balkan war, Bulgaria has nursed a hatred against the Serbs and Greeks, from whom she demanded the territories of Macedonia and Thrace. An age-old feeling of animosity  and a deep distrust also existed in Bulgaria's relations with Turkey, its former ruler and oppressor."

Source: US National Archive