74.4 The Annexation of Bosnia 1908

A History of Europe, Key Battles

Carl Rylett

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🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In the first years of the 20th century the Austrian Empire faced numerous problems, most of all the rising sense of nationalism among its various peoples. Attempting a more assertive foreign policy, the Austrians set about a plan to formally annex Bosnia and Herzegovina, which since 1878 had been administered by Vienna but still remained under nominal Ottoman suzerainty. However, this decision backfired terribly, triggering a six month diplomatic crisis which almost led to general war

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1:03.0	This is part four on the First World War, where I look at the Austrian annexation of Bosnia in 1908. At the beginning of the 20th century, the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary, at least on a map, looked pretty impressive.
1:53.0	In today's terms, it stretched from southern Poland down to the north of Serbia and included the Czech
2:02.2	Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, the southwestern corner of Ukraine, Slovenia, Croatia
2:09.8	and Bosnia, and a large piece of Romania, namely Transylvania. It had a population of more
2:16.5	than 50 million, a strong agricultural sector, resources from iron to timber, growing industries, a rapidly expanding railway network, and a peacetime army of nearly 40,000, as well as a modern navy.
2:31.3	The Austrian economy was growing rapidly, even in the relative backwaters, helped by
2:37.0	a customs union with Germany, and German firms invested in new industries such as electric
2:44.0	machinery and automobiles.
2:47.0	The monarchy's great capital cities of Vienna and Budapest, and the smaller cities too, such as Prague and Zagreb, were being modernised with tramways, electricity and beautifully decorated public buildings.
3:01.6	The most advanced region, technologically and commercially, was Bohemia, with a high concentration of modern industry, such as the Scoda Works, which produced some of the best guns in Europe.
3:14.3	Vienna also had modern industry on its outskirts, including the Daimlet works, and Budapest was establishing itself as a banking centre for much of Eastern Europe.
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