Gotse Delchev Brigade

"Gotse Delchev" Brigade (Bulgarian: Бригада "Гоце Делчев") was a military unit composed of conscripts and volunteers from the region of Macedonia.

Its official beginning dates back to September 14, when a decree of the Council of Ministers of the new Fatherland Front Government was adopted for this purpose.

The Brigade set up and equipped by the Bulgarian government provided the basis for the deployment of considerable troops in Vardar Macedonia.

As result by order of Svetozar Vukmanović-Tempo, the initial composition of the Brigade's Headquarters was changed to local people without military education.

[3] The soldiers of the brigade took part in assisting the Bulgarian Army in their repulse operation around Bregalnica and Strumica in October and early November.

[9] The reason for these military revolts was that Serbs and Montenegrins were appointed as new commanders in these units, who came without officer ranks, but were promoted for a short time.

The testimony of the soldiers, who were later interrogated and convicted, states that some Serbian and Montenegrin officers addressed them with the words: "You are Southern Serbs,"[10] or cursed them as "damned Bulgarians".