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Buchlau bargain (1908)

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16 Sep 1908 — At Buchlau castle in Moravia, foreign ministers Aehrenthal and Izvolsky make a secret bargain. Russia will accept Austria-Hungary’s annexation of Bosnia, and in return will receive help opening the Straits to Russian warships. Vienna annexes Bosnia three weeks later; Russia never obtains the opening it sought.

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Turning point
Chapter
Bosnian crisis and the Balkan Wars (chapter 2 of WWI)
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The Great War, 1871–1923
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Map showing Buchlau bargain (1908), turning point in The Great War, 1871–1923
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