What did Kaiser Wilhelm say he wanted for Germany?

What did Kaiser Wilhelm say in 1901 that he wanted for Germany? The desire to build an empire.

What happened to the kaiser of Germany during ww2?

Wilhelm fled to exile in the Netherlands where he remained during its occupation by Nazi Germany in 1940. He died there in 1941.

What happened to Kaiser Wilhelm after world War 1?

Later Years and Death After realizing that Germany would lose the war, Wilhelm abdicated the throne on November 9, 1918, and fled to the Netherlands. He resided there as a country gentleman until his death, on June 4, 1941, in Doorn.

Did the Kaiser cause ww1?

Historians are still split on his role in causing World War I. So how did the deposed Kaiser fare in his posthumous “trial”? The verdict was mixed. Though the historians found him guilty of causing German troops to invade neutral Belgium, they acquitted him on all other counts.

What happened to Germany’s Kaiser?

Wilhelm II (1859-1941), the German kaiser (emperor) and king of Prussia from 1888 to 1918, was one of the most recognizable public figures of World War I (1914-18). In late 1918, he was forced to abdicate. He spent the rest of his life in exile in the Netherlands, where he died at age 82.

Does the Kaiser’s Family deserve its stuff back?

The Kaiser’s Family Wants Its Stuff Back. Germany Isn’t Sure They Deserve It. The former royal family lost countless artworks, palaces, and wealth in the 20th century. But were they victims—or enablers of the Nazis?

What would a “Hitler’s Germany” look like?

[Hitler’s Germany would be]… an all-swallowing State, disdainful of human dignities and the ancient structure of our race, setting itself up in place of everything else. And the man who, alone, incorporates in himself this whole State, has neither a God to honour nor a dynasty to conserve, nor a past to consult.

What happened to the Hohenzollern dynasty?

The most current issue focuses on the Hohenzollern dynasty in Prussia and ultimately in the German Empire from 1871 until 1918. One of the last articles in the issue discusses the last German Kaiser, Wilhelm II, and his life after his abdication from the German imperial and Prussian royal thrones.

What did the Dutch do when Germany invaded the Netherlands?

When Germany invaded the Netherlands the Dutch confined all but four of the Kaiser’s servants, cut off his telephones and imposed an 8 PM curfew. He was vastly relieved when the German troops arrived at Doorn, although they were forbidden to have any contact with him.