THE BALKAN BALANCE OF POWER IN 1914
Apr 19, 2018
2 minutes
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE
As the Ottoman Empire receded in Europe, Austria-Hungary began to expand its sphere of influence into the Balkans, leading to a series of bitter diplomatic spats with the increasingly bellicose Serbia, beginning with the de facto annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878. Austria-Hungary was terrified
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