Bosnia was not an independent state, nor died its people have a single political agenda. Bosnia was incorporated in Austria-Hungary at the time (Ottoman empire previously), with a majority Orthodox Christian Serb population, a large religiously Muslim (ethnically Serb/Croat) population, and a small Catholic Christian Croat population. Some people (mostly Serbs and some Muslims) wanted to unify with Serbia. Others (mostly Croats and some Muslims) wanted to stay in Austria-Hungary. Some Muslims would also like Bosnia to be under the Ottoman empire again.
Serbia was an independent state that wanted to liberate majority Serb-inhabited Bosnia, but Bosnia was not an independent state and was not ethnically or politically homogeneous, so it couldn't be an ally of Serbia.
Serbia's allies before WWI were Montenegro, Greece, Russia, France, and the United Kingdom (but particularly Russia, Greece, and Montenegro). Serbia's historic enemies before WWI and during the war were Austria, Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and Turkey.
2007-09-21 16:29:54
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answered by MP 3
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Bosnia In World War 1
2017-01-12 03:40:05
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answered by ? 4
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First of all Yugoslavia was no where to be found before WWI, it was a collection of smaller states that were neighbors on the pennisula. Bosnia was a neighbor of the Serbia, but they were under the Ottoman Turks. It was Serbia, according to Serbians, that freed the pennisula from the Turkish domination. So to answer your question, the Serba and the Bosnian were under turkish empire. The Sultan of the Ottoman Empire use to sponsor boys to come and be educated, and they had a chance to become a Vaser.
2007-09-21 12:34:48
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answered by datalj12 3
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The struggle for liberty, modern society and a nation-state in Serbia lasted almost three decades and was completed with the adoption of the constitution on 15 February 1835. In 1876, Montenegro, Serbia, and Bosnia declared war against the Ottoman Empire and proclaimed their unification. However, the 1878 Treaty of Berlin, which was signed at the Congress of Berlin by the Great Powers, granted complete independence only to Serbia and Montenegro, leaving Bosnia and Sanjak of Novi Pazar to Austria-Hungary, who blocked their unification until the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913 and World War I.
King Petar I Karađorđević, Serbian leader in the First World War
Serbian casualties in WWI were 8%On 28 June 1914 the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria at Sarajevo in Austria-Hungary by Gavrilo Princip, a South Slav unionist, Austrian citizen and member of Young Bosnia, led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia. The Russian Empire started to mobilize its troops in defence of its ally Serbia, which resulted in the German Empire declaring war on Russia in support of its ally Austria-Hungary. However, as German military planners wished to avoid a war on two fronts against both Russia and France, they attacked France first. This eventually culminated in all the major European Powers being drawn into the war. The Serbian Army won several major victories against Austria-Hungary at the beginning of World War I, but it was overpowered by the joint forces of the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria in 1915. Most of its army and some people went to exile to Greece and Corfu where it healed, regrouped and returned to Macedonian front (World War I) to lead a final breakthrough through enemy lines on 15 September 1918, freeing Serbia again and ending the World War I on 11 November.[21] In World War I, Serbia had 1,264,000 casualties — 28% of its total population, and 58% of its male population.[22]
2007-09-21 10:22:42
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answered by Frosty 7
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No for there wasn't a indepedent Bosnian state,,, As for Serbia, she had and still do allies in the form of Greece (which is the more steadfast) and Montenegro
2007-09-21 11:44:46
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answered by chrisvoulg1 5
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were they allies? yes, to gain their independence from the austro-hungarian empire. were they bitter allies? yes, they have never liked each other. check their histories before they were conquered by the austro-hungarians. they have been at war with each other over a thousand years.
2007-09-21 11:01:46
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answered by dkimny 2
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I would say they were since they later banded together to become the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
2007-09-21 10:16:42
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answer #7
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answered by MS 2
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2007-09-21 10:27:37
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answered by Anonymous
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Y not try to do your own homework?
2016-03-13 05:17:24
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answered by Anonymous
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they were been one country before WW1...lol..you should not that
2007-09-21 19:03:15
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answered by Cossak 6
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