Have Bulgaria emerge from WW2 on allied side with these borders

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Have Bulgaria emerge out of WW2 with the borders shown in the picture above. Bulgaria is in this scenario to have switched from axis alliance to the allies alliance. Allies alliance as defined as compromising the Western Allies and Soviet Union.
 

nbcman

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Axis Greece and Axis Turkey. The line between the Soviets and the Western Allies at the end of war runs through OTL northern Greece plus the Soviets have occupied Istanbul. The mega-Bulgaria is awarded those borders in the post war settlements since there is no sympathy for Axis Greece and Axis Turkey complaints since those two countries didn’t switch sides fast enough.
 
As @nbcman said, this obviously requires an Axis Greece and Turkey. The problem is that each of these is exceedingly unlikely, let alone both together. Greece has no reason whatsoever to join the Axis and Germany did not want them to join as well (a neutral Greece was preferable to a German allied one that would have to be defended from Britain). Turkey might have something to gain from joining the Axis but Turkey was ruled by the very cautious İnönü who as shown by OTL would not join either side until their victory seemed certain. In any case, even if Greece and Turkey were Axis aligned, based on common sense and the general Soviet policy, Bulgaria would not be getting any of their territory, as the Soviets would not reward a former Axis country, but rather create Communist government in Greece and Turkey which would provide them with basing rights.
 
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