 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushandirapamwe mukuru we Bulgarisation wakatangwa, uyo wakaona vakuru vakuru vose vechiGiriki vachitamiswa. Kushandiswa kwomutauro wechiGiriki kwakarambidzwa, uye mazita emataundi nenzvimbo akachinjwa kuva mavara echinyakare echiBulgaria. Mukuwedzera, hurumende yeBulgaria yakaedza kuchinja rudzi rwekugadzirwa kwemunharaunda yacho, nekubvisa nyika nedzimba kubva kuvaGiriki vachibatsira vagari veBulgaria vaimbova vapoteri kubva kuMakedhonia nevamwe, uye nekuunza basa rekumanikidzirwa uye kurambidzwa kwehupfumi kwevaGiriki mukuedza kuvamanikidza kuti vatame. Kumukira kwokukurumidza uye kwakarongwa zvisina kunakamunharaunda yeDrama, Greece mukupera kwaSeptember 1941 yakapwanywa nechisimba neHondo yeBulgaria. Pakupera kwa1941, vaGiriki vanopfuura 100 000 vakanga vadzingwa munharaunda yeBulgaria. 