The straits question, 1908-1914
Part of : Balkan studies : biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies ; Vol.22, No.2, 1981, pages 321-332
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In the period preceding the First World War, exploiting opportunitiescreated by the Anglo-Russian understanding of 1907, the Bosnia-Herzegovinacrisis of 1908, the Italian occupation of Tripolitania, 1911, and the BalkanWars, 1912-13, the Russians repeatedly sought to secure the opening of theStraits to their ships-of-war. Moreover, increasingly concerned lest anothergreat power, in particular Germany, should obtain control of the area, theyendeavoured where possible to preserve their interests there. As a result theproblem of the Turkish Straits became increasingly bound up with thecomplex progression of events that heralded the First World War.
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