The Annexation In Serbia

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Once upon a time serbian was a tiny piece of the ottoman empire, but then Serbia gained independence from the ottoman Empire in 1815 and then its biggest fear was annexation by the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. Serbs all they wanted is for the country to become all slavic and their ally russia supported them. Austria-Hungary did not approve due to the vast slavic population they already have. The Austrian-Hungarians were scared that if they permit that the serbs would rebel. therefore they annexed the 2 countries serbia wanted which were bosnia and herzegovina. This action outraged the serbians and tension rose highly.

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Bloody Assassination!!

In Serbia a Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his Wife have been assassinated by revengful

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