Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina transferred to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Even after the fall of the Ottoman rule, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina was divided. In the Habsburg Kingdom of Croatia, Croatian politicians strived for the unification of the Kingdom of Dalmatia with Croatia. Another ambition of Croatian politicians was to incorporate the Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina into the Kingdom of Croatia. The Habsburg Governor Béni Kállay resorted to co-opt religious institutions. Soon, the Austrian Emperor gained support to name Orthodox metropolitans and Catholic bishops and to choose Muslim hierarchy. The first Catholic archbishop was Josip Stadler. Both apostolic vicarates, Bosnian and Herzegovinian,
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