Nikola Stoychev

Nikola Georgiev Stoychev was a Bulgarian Lieutenant-General who fought in World War II.

In 1934 he became head of the artillery department of the Fourth Military Inspection District.

Between August 1941 and January 1943, he was commander of the Third Bulgarian Army.

In November 1943, he became commander of the Second Bulgarian Army until September 1944, when Bulgaria switched sides after Soviet forces had crossed the Bulgarian-Romanian border.

He went into reserve, until he was tried and sentenced to death by the People's Court and shot on February 1, 1945.