The "'Bosnian crisis "'of 1908 09, also known as the "'Annexation crisis "'or the "'First Balkan Crisis "', erupted when on 8 October 1908, Austria-Hungary announced the annexation of Treaty of Berlin was amended to reflect the " fait accompli " and bring the crisis to an end.
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The Russian foreign minister had made two serious errors of judgement [ firstly ] that London would support his demand for the opening of the Turkish Straits to Russian warships-[ and ] he grossly underestimated the impact of the annexation on Russian nationalist opinion-[ when ]-he got wind of the press response in St Petersburg, he realized his error, panicked, and began to construct himself as Aehrenthal's dupe . " The years following the annexation crisis, in an atmosphere of increased'chauvinist popular emotion', and with a sense of humiliation in a sphere of vital interest, saw the Russians launch a substantial programme of military investment.
