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Weltpolitik (German: [ˈvɛltpoliˌtiːk] ⓘ, "world politics") was the imperialist foreign policy adopted by the German Empire during the reign of Emperor Wilhelm II. [1] The aim of the policy was to transform Germany into a global power.
Kaiser Wilhelm I died in Berlin on 9 March 1888, and Prince Wilhelm's father ascended the throne as Frederick III. He was already experiencing an incurable throat cancer and spent all 99 days of his reign fighting the disease before dying. On 15 June of that same year, his 29-year-old son succeeded him as German Emperor and King of Prussia. [17]
The three emperors: Kaiser Wilhelm II, Mehmed V, Franz Joseph. A postcard depicting the leaders of the Central Powers. The leaders of the Central Powers of World War I were the political or military figures who commanded or supported the Central Powers.
With this allegorical Wilhelm II wanted to call on European Christendom to fight together against the Yellow Peril or godless Buddhism. Kaiser Wilhelm presented this painting to the Russian Tsar with the request to keep the influences from the East under control (the imminent danger of a Chinese onslaught mobilised by Japan).
Germany's Aims in the First World War (German title: Griff nach der Weltmacht: Die Kriegzielpolitik des kaiserlichen Deutschland 1914–1918) is a book by German historian Fritz Fischer. It is one of the leading contributions to historical analysis of the causes of World War I , and along with this work War of Illusions (Krieg der Illusionen ...
German text. Here is an English translation (italics in original): [5] As representatives of German Science and Art, we hereby protest to the civilized world against the lies and calumnies with which our enemies are endeavoring to stain the honour of Germany in her hard struggle for existence—in a struggle that has been forced on her.
Kaiser Wilhelm II read Lichnowsky's report of his meeting with Haldane on the morning of Sunday, 8th Dec. The report left Wilhelm furious, lamenting that in the 'Germanic struggle for existence' the British, blinded by envy and inferiority feelings, join the Slavs (Russia) and their Romanic accessories (France).
Notably, Fromkin suggests that part of the war plan was the exclusion of Kaiser Wilhelm II from knowledge of the events, because the Kaiser was regarded by the German General Staff as inclined to resolve crises short of war. Fromkin also argues that in all countries but particularly Germany and Austria documents were widely destroyed or forged ...