- 1908 a revolution in Turkey occured. Austria Hungary took advantage of this to annex Bosnia. This annoyed Serbia, but it was to small to resist Austria-Hunary, so it apealed to Russia for help.
- Wilhelm was annoyeed with Austria-Hungary becuase it had acted against Bosnia without consulting him, but he promised it his full support againt Russia.
Effects of the main powers
- Austria-Hungary now felt it had the full support of Germany, which affected how it acted in 1914
- Italy did not like Austria-Hungary expanding into the Balkans, so it became less keen on the Triple Alliance
- Russia was humilated by Germany, so Russia had military improvemtns in Russia.
- It brought Britain, France and Russia closer together as they all disliked Germany
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