Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina (October 1908)
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- Tragedy and Hope pp. 193-195 · open book
Aehrenthal suddenly annexed the two districts, leaving Izvolski without his Straits program (October 6, 1908).
- Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference pp. 381-384 · open book
In 1908, the Austrians annexed their colony, Bosnia-Herzegovina, with the goal of attaching Serbs and Croats in the region more securely to the empire.