- Georgi Todorov (general)
Infobox Military Person
name=Georgi Todorov
lived=10 August 1858 –16 November 1934
placeofbirth=Bolgrad , contemporaryUkraine
placeofdeath=Sofia ,Bulgaria
caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Bulgaria|1878Bulgaria
branch=
serviceyears=1877 - 1919
rank=Lieutenant General
commands=Seventh Rila Infantry Division
2nd Bulgarian Army
commander-in-chief
unit=
battles=Bulair
Kalimantsi
awards=
laterwork=Georgi Todorov ( _bg. Георги Тодоров) (born on
10 August 1858 inBolgrad (contemporaryUkraine ); died on16 November 1934 inSofia ) was a Bulgarian General who fought in theRusso-Turkish War (1877–1878) ,Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885),Balkan Wars (1912-1913) andFirst World War (1914-1918).At the age of 19 he volunteered in the Bulgarian Corps (
Opalchentsi ) during the Russo-Turkish Liberation War. After the liberation he graduated the first course of the Military School in Sofia (1879). In 1882 he entered theSankt Peterburg Academy but could not graduate it because he returned for theUnification of Bulgaria in 1885 and took part in the war that followed immediately after it. During the war againstSerbia he commanded a unit which fought successfully against the enemy in the area ofVidin andKula .After the war he participated in the dethroning of Alexander I and was dismissed from the Army in 1886 but only a year later he returned in office. On 13 August 1887 we was promoted a
Major and on 1 January 1896 Todorov became aColonel . He served in the Military School and as a chief of theSevlievo garrison. On 1 January 1910 he was promotedMajor General and a commander of the Seventh Rila Infantry Division.During the
First Balkan War (1912-1913) as a commander of the Seventh Rila Infantry Division he advanced towardsSolun and on 26 January 1913 he defeated theOttomans in thebattle of Bulair .During the
Second Balkan War (1913) he and his division participated in thebattle of Kalimantsi where theSerbs were defeated.After the accession of
Bulgaria in the First World War he commanded the 2nd Army. He led the operations inMacedonia which ended with the defeat of the Serbs in thebattle of Ovche Pole . With that success the Bulgarians did not allow the meeting of the Serbian Army and the Anglo-French forces who embarked in Solun. In February 1917 he was in command of the 3rd Army and defeat theRomanians inDobrudzha . From 8 September 1918 the became commander-in-chief of theBulgarian Army after the illness of GeneralNikola Zhekov . He participated in thebattle of Dobro Pole which was the only defeat of the Bulgarians during the war. He was dismissed in 1919.General Georgi Todorov died on 16 November 1934 in Sofia.
References
* Азманов, Димитър. Български висши военоначалници през Балканската и Първата световна война, София 2000, с. 237
* Коев, Илиян и др. Българо-турски военни отношения през Първата световна война. Сборник от документи (1914-1918), София 2004, с. 517
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