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2 days ago · Wilhelm II. 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. Born during the reign of his granduncle Frederick William ...
3 days ago · The Kaiser and His Court: Wilhelm II and the Government of Germany. When it first appeared in hardback in 1994, John Rohl’s remarkable collection of essays won the Wolfson History Prize. And clearly it deserved to.
5 days ago · At the start of the new millennium, Germany remained a leader in Europe and was the key to the Continent’s security, stability, and prosperity. For more than 50 years, from Adenauer to Kohl, Schröder, and Merkel, Germans had played an important role in the creation of European institutions.
1 day ago · He died on the 99th day of his rule, on 15 June 1888. His son Wilhelm II became emperor. Wilhelmine era Bismarck's resignation Wilhelm II in 1902. Wilhelm II wanted to reassert his ruling prerogatives at a time when other monarchs in Europe were being transformed into constitutional figureheads. This decision led the ambitious Kaiser into ...
2 days ago · 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.
4 days ago · In an exchange between Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II in the days before their countries declared war on each other, both leaders expressed a desire for peace but by the end of the...
3 days ago · At the maneuvers of 1885, he met the future Kaiser Wilhelm II; they met again at the next year's war game in which Hindenburg commanded the "Russian army". He learned the topography of the lakes and sand barrens of East Prussia during the annual Great General Staff's ride in 1888.
