The pro-Sovjet Bulgarian Fatherland Front took the power on 9 September 1944, after a coup d'état. After the proclamation of the People's Republic of Bulgaria in 1946, the celebration of the military holiday on 6 May was stopped, with the date of 23 September was designated as the Day of the Bulgarian People's Army. Its significance lies in it being the day of the staging of the September Uprising in 1923. In, the first military parade of the People's Army held on the occasion of the coup's anniversary. The new holiday was reorganized on the Soviet model with the direct participation of Soviet officers, equipped with Soviet weapons and equipment. Leading positions were occupied by Soviet officers of Bulgarian origin, and much of the command staff was trained in the Soviet Union. In the autumn of 1949, the BCP leadership sent a request to send a Soviet officer to the post of Chief of General Staff, but was refused by the Soviet government. In 1952, it was officially named the Bulgarian People's Army. In the period between 1948 and 1952 it was involved in repelling attacks by the Greek Army. It advised North Korea in the Korean War and provided medical assistance to the troops of North Korea.