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Bosnian Crisis 1911
- Causes
- Russia and Austria both wanted the Balkan region.
- Gave them access to the Mediterranean
- Gave them access to the Mediterranean
- Bosnia wanted a Slav state in the Balkans
- in 1908 it was annexed by
Austria-Hungary and became
a part of their empire
- Serbia an independent country
in the Balkans opposed this
- Russia and Austria both wanted the Balkan region.
- Events
- Serbia wanted Bosnia to be independent too as it contained Slavs
- Serbia was too small to do
anything on its own so looked to
its ally Russia for help
- Russia supported Serbia until 1908
- Russia backed off helping Serbia gain Bosnia
- Germany said if Russia declared war on
Austria, they would declare war on Russia
- Germany said if Russia declared war on
Austria, they would declare war on Russia
- Serbia wanted Bosnia to be independent too as it contained Slavs
- Consequences
- Austria Hungary felt it could now
rely on Germany for support
- Russia had backed down but was
determined not to do so again
- Serbia has to accept that Bosnia was apart of Austria
- They did look to get their own back
- They did look to get their own back
- Italy became less enthusiastic about the triple alliance
- They were afraid of
getting drawn into
war
- They were afraid of
getting drawn into
war
- Led to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in 1911
- The trigger to war
- The trigger to war
- Austria Hungary felt it could now
rely on Germany for support
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