Young Bosnia
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Young Bosnia (Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian: Mlada Bosna or Млада Босна) was a revolutionary group whose adherents were mostly Serbs, but included Bosniaks and Croats as well. It was formed before World War I in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with significant influence from Serbia. Their motivation and goal is disputed but is usually described as supporting the unification of South Slavs and the formation of Yugoslavia.[1][2]
Two notable organizations are often referred to under the banner Young Bosnia: the "Narodna Odbrana" and the "Black Hand." Dragutin "Apis" Dimitrijević, a member of the central committee of the Black Hand and Chief of Serbian Military Intelligence by written statement to the Serbian Court stated that he ordered the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. In the process, he used not only his power over elements of the Serbian military, but also the Black Hand. Leaders of the Black Hand in turn had penetrated the "Narodna Obrana" and used the Narodna organization to infiltrate the arms and assassins into Sarajevo.
Claimed members of Young Bosnia who participated in the assassination were Gavrilo Princip, Nedeljko Čabrinović, Vaso Čubrilović, Trifko Grabež, Danilo Ilić, Muhammed Mehmedbašić, Cvjetko Popović, Miško Jovanović and Veljko Čubrilović.
