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English: William (Wilhelm) II, German Emperor, King of Prussia Identifier: warineuropeitsca00john (find matches) Title: The war in Europe, its causes and consequences; an authentic narrative of the immediate and remote causes of the war, with a descriptive account of the countries involved, including statistics of armies, navies, aeroplanes, dirigibles, &c., &c
Wilhelm II speaking to the German people (recorded 1914) Wilhelm II[ b ] (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire as well as the Hohenzollern dynasty's 300-year rule of Prussia.
Germany's colonies put up a stout fight but by 1916 Germany lost most of its colonies, except German East Africa, where a German force of General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck held out against the Allies until the end of the war. In the Pacific, Britain's ally Japan declared war on Germany in 1914 and quickly seized several of Germany's island ...
The history of German foreign policy covers diplomatic developments and international history since 1871.. Before 1866, Habsburg Austria and its German Confederation were the nominal leader in German affairs, but the Hohenzollern Kingdom of Prussia exercised increasingly dominant influence in German affairs, owing partly to its ability to participate in German Confederation politics through ...
History. The Monarch of Germany was created with the proclamation of the President of the North German Confederation and the King of Prussia, William I of Prussia, as "German Emperor" during the Franco-Prussian War, on 18 January 1871 at the Palace of Versailles. The title German Emperor (German: Deutscher Kaiser) was carefully chosen by ...
Pretender (s) Georg Friedrich. The German Emperor (German: Deutscher Kaiser, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃɐ ˈkaɪzɐ] ⓘ) was the official title of the head of state and hereditary ruler of the German Empire. A specifically chosen term, it was introduced with the 1 January 1871 constitution and lasted until the abdication of Wilhelm II was ...
6500. The Fort de Mutzig, also known as Feste Kaiser Wilhelm II, is located near the town of Mutzig, in the Bas-Rhin department of France. It is one of the fortifications built by Germany at the end of the 19th century to defend Strasbourg. It was the first new fortification built in what was then German territory after the invention of high ...
For other uses, see A Place in the Sun. 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. Though considered a logical consequence of the German unification ...