Bulgarian Military Cemetery, Vukovar
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| Bulgarian Military Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1944–1945 |
| Location | |
| Country | Croatia |
| Coordinates | 45°19′51″N 19°02′20″E / 45.3307°N 19.0390°E |
| Type | military cemetery |
| No. of graves | 1,027[1][2] |
The Bulgarian Military Cemetery (Croatian: Bugarsko vojno groblje, Bulgarian: Българско военно гробище, Serbian Cyrillic: Бугарско војно гробље) is a military cemetery in Vukovar, a town in eastern Croatia. It commemorates 1,027 Bulgarian soldiers and officers killed during the liberation of the town from fascism in 1944 at the final stage of the World War II in Yugoslavia. The grave contains the remains of soldiers from the 1st Bulgarian Army which held the Syrmia Front line from Sotin to Grabovo, Berak and Orolik in late 1944.[3]
It is located southeast of the city, adjacent to the New Cemetery of Dubrava.[3]
