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There was no conflict but giving control to a larger neighbor is surrender.
So Texas surrendered to the USA in 1845?
There was no conflict but giving control to a larger neighbor is surrender.
Would Serb domination of OTL Yugoslavia be one reason for Tito to want a counterpoise in the form of Bulgarians who WEREN'T used to ruling the Croats, Bosnians, etc.?Sorry, that's effectively ASBs. Yugoslavia was an idiotic idea formed because Serbia wanted to dominate its Slavic brethren, was on the side of the victorious Allies, and President Wilson was a complete moron when it came to the actual circumstances of Europe. Seriously, sticking catholic Croats and orthodox Serbs (who have been fighting like cats and dogs for centuries) into the same country solely on the reasoning that they shared similar languages? There is a reason why Yugoslavia colapse in the 90's, the only thing holding the country together was Tito and his American backed army. (Yes, the USA backed Tito.)
As far as Official languages are considered this mostly stands, because most of the vocabulary is mutually understandable though as time passes from when Yugoslavia fell apart younger generations find it hard to comprehend what their peers are saying.
Would Serb domination of OTL Yugoslavia be one reason for Tito to want a counterpoise in the form of Bulgarians who WEREN'T used to ruling the Croats, Bosnians, etc.?
Well at least I as a native Serbo-Croatian speaker had no problems in understanding my friends from Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia. IMO it is like the difference between British English and American English.
Sorry, that's effectively ASBs. Yugoslavia was an idiotic idea formed because Serbia wanted to dominate its Slavic brethren, was on the side of the victorious Allies, and President Wilson was a complete moron when it came to the actual circumstances of Europe. Seriously, sticking catholic Croats and orthodox Serbs (who have been fighting like cats and dogs for centuries) into the same country solely on the reasoning that they shared similar languages? There is a reason why Yugoslavia colapse in the 90's, the only thing holding the country together was Tito and his American backed army. (Yes, the USA backed Tito.)