Bulgarian People's Army

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The Bulgarian People's Army was the communist-era military force of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, which notably participated alongside other Warsaw Pact troops in the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia to suppress the Prague Spring.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces
military organization
allegiance Bulgarian Communist Party
alliance Warsaw Pact
commandLanguage Bulgarian
continentOfOperation Europe
controlledBy Bulgarian Communist Party
country People's Republic of Bulgaria
linked to: Bulgaria
countryDuringExistence People's Republic of Bulgaria
linked to: Bulgaria
doctrine Soviet military doctrine
equipmentSupplier Soviet Union
followedBy Bulgarian Armed Forces
linked to: Bulgarian Army
garrison Sofia
headquartersLocation Sofia
historicalEra socialist era in Bulgaria
ideology communism
language Bulgarian
loyalty Bulgarian Communist Party
People's Republic of Bulgaria
linked to: Bulgaria
militaryBranch Border Troops of Bulgaria
Bulgarian People's Air Force
linked to: Bulgarian Air Force

Bulgarian People's Ground Forces
linked to: Bulgarian Army

Bulgarian People's Navy
linked to: Bulgarian Navy

Construction Troops of Bulgaria
militaryTheater Balkan region
nativeName Българска народна армия
operatedBy People's Republic of Bulgaria
linked to: Bulgaria
opposedBy NATO
participatedIn 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
suppression of the Prague Spring
partOf Warsaw Pact
politicalControl party-controlled armed forces
precededBy Royal Bulgarian Army
linked to: Bulgarian Army
primaryRole national defense
secondaryRole support of Warsaw Pact operations
serviceBranchType air force
army
navy
shortName BNA
status defunct
successor post-1990 Bulgarian Armed Forces
timePeriod Cold War
trainingDoctrine modeled on Soviet Armed Forces
type conscript army
usedEquipmentFrom Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
other Warsaw Pact states

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Prague Spring invadingForce Bulgarian People's Army
Bulgarian Communist Party controlled Bulgarian People's Army
Treaty of Paris (1947) limited armed forces of Bulgaria
subject linked to: Treaty of Paris 1947
linked to: Bulgarian People's Army
Bulgarian People's Army nativeName Българска народна армия
linked to: Bulgarian People's Army
Bulgarian People's Army militaryBranch Border Troops of Bulgaria
linked to: Bulgarian People's Army
Operation Danube groundComponent Bulgarian People’s Army
linked to: Bulgarian People's Army
Warsaw Pact Joint Command hasMember Bulgarian People's Army
BNA standsFor Bulgarian People's Army
Bulgarian People's Army militaryBranch Border Troops of Bulgaria
subject linked to: BNA
linked to: Bulgarian People's Army
Construction Troops of Bulgaria partOf Bulgarian People's Army
Construction Troops of Bulgaria militaryBranch Bulgarian People's Army