Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina power over the Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Emperor established the cathedral in Sarajevo and named Archbishop Dr. Josip Štadler as its head. Just before the occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Croatian Sabor asked the Emperor to alter the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina so it could be unified with the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia and the Kingdom of Dalmatia. The Emperor refused to accept this demand and dismissed the Sabor. This was done as the Austrian-Hungarian authorities had a plan to isolate Bosnia and Herzegovina from its neighbouring Slavic countries, Croatia and Serbia, and to halt the
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina The original medieval coat of arms had a white background and two red stripes in the top of the shield. As the entire territory of modern Bosnia and Herzegovina was part of the Independent State of Croatia, a puppet state of Nazi Germany during World War II, the flag is similar to the flag of Croatia, which consisted of a tricolor of red-white-blue with the chequy in the centre and the letter "U" at the top left of the flag. Whilst being the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina within communist Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav flag stood as a canton, while