INTRO Serbia WWI - 1681 Words
INTRO Serbia WWI 1681 Words7 Pages Serbia wwi: INTRO Serbia was consumed by nationalism, two major wars within the span of ten years destroying their economy and causing tensions to rise. Austria- Hungaryâs annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina had played a primary role in sparking the Bosnian Crisis less than a decade before, leading both countries to develop a fundamental distrust for the other, their relations becoming permanently strained. In 1914, the seemingly inevitable occurred- war broke out in the Balkans, prompted by the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, archduke and heir to t...