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RODERICK R. McLEAN, Kaiser Wilhelm II and the British Royal Family: Anglo-German Dynastic Relations in Political Context, 1890–1914, History, Vol. 86, No. 284 (October 2001), pp. 478-502 Free online ...
On July 28, 1914, Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II returned to Berlin after a long sailing holiday in the North Sea and off Norway. ... German mobilization was well-planned; Germany faced a two-front war.
The King versus the Kaiser: Royal rift that meant George V and Tsar Nicholas lined up against their German cousin in World War I. The Tsar and his royal cousin George V first met as children ...
Miranda Carter draws comparisons between President Donald Trump and Kaiser Wilhelm II, whose touchiness, unpredictability, and narcissism helped precipitate the fall of the German Empire.
A full reading of the documents on Wilhelm's apparent call for war in the Balkans in 1912 shows that he specifically wanted the locals to "get on with it", not German intervention.
THE KAISER WILHELM DER GROSSE'S MISHAPS; Big North German Liner Here After an Exciting Trip. LOST A PROPELLER BLADE. Tossed by Storms, Narrowly Escaped Collision, Ran Aground, and Got Entangled in ...