Ricardolindo
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I've read, that, there was a proposal after World War I for Serbia only to take Bosnia-Herzegovina and parts of Croatia. What if Serbia had accepted the proposal? Could this smaller Yugoslavia have survived?
I've read, that, there was a proposal after World War I for Serbia only to take Bosnia-Herzegovina and parts of Croatia. What if Serbia had accepted the proposal? Could this smaller Yugoslavia have survived?
The issue is the area is already controlled by the state of croats, slovenes and serbs which merged with Serbia to create Yugoslavia. You need to get stop the creation of this state for this to work.
Yup, Greater Serbia including Montenegro, Kosovo, most of Bosnia, Slavonia, Krajina and maybe North Macedonia.
Whats the point in fighting a country which wants to join you.It doesn't make any sense.Being a 'child' of the side that just lost the war, the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs have had a very small leverage vs. Kingdom of Serbia that ended the war as a member of winning side. So in case Kingdom of Serbia wants to expand westwards/northwards, it will be very much done so.
Whats the point in fighting a country which wants to join you.It doesn't make any sense.
The government still willing merged with Serbia. why would Serbia reject all the territory they wanted and more offered on golden platter, just to fight with a country which wants to join them.In this scenario, it is not about joining; even in OTL there was no referendum about joining, so the wish to join is highly debatable.
I've read, that, there was a proposal after World War I for Serbia only to take Bosnia-Herzegovina and parts of Croatia. What if Serbia had accepted the proposal? Could this smaller Yugoslavia have survived?
The government still willing merged with Serbia. why would Serbia reject all the territory they wanted and more offered on golden platter, just to fight with a country which wants to join them.
Who proposed this? The Croats were willing to join the new South Slav state (not realizing how centralized it would become or that traditional borders within it would be abolished) and the Serbs wanted it. So it's hard for me to see unification not happening.
Who proposed this? The Croats were willing to join the new South Slav state (not realizing how centralized it would become or that traditional borders within it would be abolished) and the Serbs wanted it. So it's hard for me to see unification not happening.
Now it is true that if Italy had been granted Dalmatia (as had been agreed in the secret Treaty of London in 1915) Yugoslavia would only have part of Croatia, but it would still have plenty of ethnic Croats.
Expect the fact it is willing to join will encourage the Pan-Yugoslav factions and gaining the territory without a fight will be appealing to the Greater Serb faction.The territory comes with people. 'Greater Serbia' (= Kingdom of Serbia + lands where is a lot of Serbs) has advantage of having a more homogenous Serb population than the 'Kingdom of SHS'.
Expect the fact it is willing to join will encourage the Pan-Yugoslav factions and gaining the territory without a fight will be appealing to the Greater Serb faction.
Croatian Sabor (assembly) did not aprooved the joining before it was done, there was no referendum in Croatia or Serbia or enywhere, while Serb forces killed and arrested in Zagreb already in December 1918 the ones that were not afraid to voice against the join.
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My understanding, though, is that even those like Radić who rejected the National Council of Slovenes, Serbs, and Croats' decision for union with Serbia did not actually oppose union per se; they had simply wanted it to take the from of a loose confederation.
I've read, that, there was a proposal after World War I for Serbia only to take Bosnia-Herzegovina and parts of Croatia. What if Serbia had accepted the proposal? Could this smaller Yugoslavia have survived?