Word: hertzegovina
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...early as 1908 munitions makers were supposedly anticipating the War. No clairvoyance did this imply since in 1908 Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia and Hertzegovina and Europe was already enjoying the series of war scares which continued intermittently until 1914. Evidence of the arms makers' inside knowledge was an affidavit, presented by the Colt Company in 1926 during hearings on a tax case, which said: "From 1908 our sales to foreign governments steadily increased. . . . Indications were that Europe at that time was preparing...
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