ocr: Verdun Help Index Austria-Hungary, which had annexed Places Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908, had Exit become entangled in the delicate Back Balkan situation. Its chief opponent was Serbia, which saw itself as the center, of a future Slav nation. Germany, in full economic expansion, was competing for colonial markets with Great Britain, who was suspicious about the buildup of the German navy. Bookmark France had not forgotten its defeati in 1870, when it had been forced to cede the rich regions of Alsace and Lorraine to Germany, and was seeking revenge. Russia, always on the lookout for outlets ...