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Hace 3 días · William II (born January 27, 1859, Potsdam, near Berlin [Germany]—died June 4, 1941, Doorn, Netherlands) was the German emperor (kaiser) and king of Prussia from 1888 to the end of World War I in 1918, known for his frequently militaristic manner as well as for his vacillating policies.
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William II - German Unification, Imperialism, Militarism:...
- Paul Von Lettow-Vorbeck
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck was a lieutenant colonel commanding...
- Paul Hausser
Paul Hausser was a German SS general and field commander...
- Viktoria Luise of Prussia
Viktoria Luise of Prussia (born September 13, 1892, Marmor...
- Leo, Count Von Caprivi
Leo, count von Caprivi (born February 24, 1831,...
- Paul Kruger
Paul Kruger (born Oct. 10, 1825, Cradock district, Cape...
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Hace 1 día · Emperor Wilhelm II, who was the Supreme Governor of the Evangelical Church of Prussia's older Provinces, and Empress Augusta Victoria after the inauguration of the Evangelical Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem (Reformation Day, 31 October 1898)
Hace 14 horas · On 9 November 1918, a republic was proclaimed, and the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II was announced, marking the end of Imperial Germany and the beginning of the Weimar Republic. The armistice that ended the fighting was signed on 11 November.
Hace 14 horas · Nicholas, his wife Alexandra, and Wilhelm II, German Emperor were all first cousins of King George V of the United Kingdom. Nicholas was also a first cousin of both King Haakon VII and Queen Maud of Norway, as well as King Christian X of Denmark and King Constantine I of Greece.
Hace 2 días · Hoyer implies that German colonialism only really got going after Bismarck left the stage in 1890, and that it was largely the brainchild of Wilhelm II and his inner circle (p. 137), but that wasn’t the case. Bismarck willingly set a train in motion that would ultimately lead to a human catastrophe.
Hace 1 día · In his first impulsive reaction, Wilhelm II apparently wanted to send troops, rather than a telegram, an action that would not have led to an Anglo-German alliance, but to war. The sending of the telegram likewise was an action 'that could not, in all plausibility, have been aimed at securing the allegiance of Britain' (p.63).
Hace 3 días · Royalty and Diplomacy in Europe, 1890-1914. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2001; 251pp. The aim of Roderick McLean's book is to assert the continuing importance of monarchs in European politics in the decades immediately before 1914. His choice of diplomacy as the sphere in which to test this proposition is of course "unfair", since of ...
