became a popular idea. As tensions continued to rise, on 6 Oct, 1908, Emperor Franz Joseph, announced to the people of Bosnia-Herzegovina, his intention to fully annex the nation into the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This caused what is known as ...
map. Further adjustments were made in 1939, particularly the creation of an expanded Croatianbanovinawithin Yugoslavia that included portions of Bosnian territory. In 1941, after theAxis invasionof Yugoslavia duringWorld War II, the entire Bosnian territory was absorbed into the puppet state known as...