After the Battle of Sicily broke out, the British and Bulgarian governments launched another round of diplomatic sparring. The struggle between the two great hooligans once again refreshed everyone's understanding of the world.
Having suffered a crushing loss, the British denounced Bulgaria for launching an undeclared attack and violating international law. The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry, however, flatly refused to acknowledge that this was a war, insisting that it had merely been an accident.
As for what sort of accident could result in the mistaken bombing of Sicily by several thousand aircraft, the Bulgarian government's answer was: the morning fog had been too thick, the aircraft conducting military exercises had lost their bearings, and they had accidentally entered Sicilian airspace.
If the British forces had not attacked first, the Bulgarian aircraft would have left on their own long ago, and this war would never have broken out at all!
They even provided video footage showing that the British forces had attacked first. Naturally, the footage showed only part of the incident, and bore obvious signs of editing.
But that did not matter. Filming technology was limited in this era, and the footage had been taken aboard violently shaking aircraft. It was only natural for the video to be incomplete.
Those were the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry's answers. As for whether they were true or false? Whether the British believed them or not, one-third of the world's countries did!
From that perspective, the Bulgarian government truly deserved to be called the world hegemon—at the very least, it was shameless enough!
In any case, the fighting had already begun. On the very day of the incident, Britain and Bulgaria had declared war on each other.
In the end, whoever won would be in the right!
That was the international justice of the mid-twentieth century.