HISB31H3 Lecture 12: Lecture 12
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Feb 11: versailles: ottoman empire, ambition, austria-hungary (wanted balkans because it was a slavic speaking region, 1908, bulgaria independent under the control of the ottomans, 1908, austro-hungary annexed bosnia and herzegovina. 1st balkan war (1912-12): started as a civil dispute (coalition of serbia, belgaria, greece and montenegro against. Ottomans) they tried to free themselves conflict broke out between these nations over division of land. 2nd balkan war (1913): russia supported serbia and greece vs. bulgaria supported by austria-hungary (internal conflict) 1913, albania becomes independent: problems were that decay of the ottoman empire and their inabilities for nationalities to come together. 1913, macedonia and parts of thrace independence ( divided between greece and serbia, Greece got majority: the idea that the empire would collapse was probably wrong. Italy: made a claim for libya (1911, so there is conflict (british duplicity, there were several claims, thinking that they had an imperial power on their side.
