Word: bosnia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...passed by the Lateiner bridge over the Miljacka River, a volley of pistol shots rang out. The Archduke and his wife slumped forward, dead. That shooting by the Serajevo bridge, fuse of the World War, brought death to millions. Incidentally it brought independence from Austria to the province of Bosnia and the creation of the Jugoslav Kingdom. Last week all Jugoslavia celebrated the anniversary...
Emperor Franz Joseph annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearly started the War prematurely, But Wilhelm scowled down Russia and the peace was kept...
Leaving the town hall for the residence of the governor of Bosnia the royal car made a wrong turning and while the chauffeur was backing the automobile several shots rang out. The royal couple fell back mortally wounded. In consternation orders were given to drive on to the governor's residence, but before the two-minute drive was over the Duchess was dead. Fifteen minutes later the Archduke died, shot through the jugular vein. His last words were: "Sophie, live for our children...
...relations of France and Germany were bad; but no worse in 1914 than they had often been during preceding decades. The tension between Austria and Russia on the other hand had become more and more acute, since the annexation of Bosnia in 1908, and the great question which interested the statesmen and people of both countries was as to who should be Ross in the Balkans. It was a struggle not for territory but for prestige, and in the East of Europe prestige was one of the main foundations of powers...
...however, less the misgovernment of the Hapsburg rulers that produces ferment in Croatia and Bosnia, than the rise of a passionate nationalism in those provinces and a desire to unite with men of their own blood and language in the Serbian kingdom. The justification put forward by the champions of the Jugoslavs is the same as that put forward by the friends of Italian unification, namely, that they had a right to desire racial unity and political independence, and had also a right to fight...