Whilst browsing through Wiki, they mention that for a brief period in the 1878, Bosnia was an independent nation. Is there any way for Bosnia to remain independent for longer pre-1900?
Whilst browsing through Wiki, they mention that for a brief period in the 1878, Bosnia was an independent nation. Is there any way for Bosnia to remain independent for longer pre-1900?
I think it's pretty much impossible, with any POD 1878 or later. If somehow the situation had developed differently so that the Ottomans don't face the dismemberment of the Treaty of Berlin, and instead for some reason an autonomous regime is set up in Bosnia guaranteed by the Powers, then perhaps it would have worked, as before the Austrian occupation the Muslims comprised 50% of the population, whereas they declined to about a third afterwards. Without a dominant group, Bosnia is too vulnerable to the same problems it is now.