Despite aligning with the Axis powers, Tsar Boris III resisted sending Bulgarian soldiers to fight on the Eastern Front against Russia. He maintained that Bulgaria's primary concern was the protection of its own territory, and he successfully avoided committing Bulgarian troops to the brutal and devastating conflict on the Eastern Front, which helped spare many Bulgarian lives.
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