HIST 387 Lecture 2: Lecture 2 - Empires and Alliances
14 Sep 2018
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Archduke franz ferdinand and wife sophie visisted the army manouvers happening in the area. Symbolic visit because the bonsia-herzegovina was annexed in 1908. Family needed to be seen to promote the royal family. Serbia had become infamous over the years since its creation in the european community because it was the home to an ultranationalist movement. Nationalists stormed into the palace and murdered the king and queen. Since then under a new regime the new cadre had been propelling an idea that ser wasn"t just a political region, but peoples. Austrians replaced the ottoman turks when they became independent and they were th colonial overlord. Didn"t speak the native language, forced bosnians to adopt german. Before franz and sophie arrived, there were concerns about their safety. Several members of the hapsburg royal family had been assassinated in the last tw decades.
