The introductory tune which is playing is, of course, that of the National Anthem of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Germany did have a “National Hymn” with this tune, of course, however, the Official National Anthem of the German Empire had the same tune as our own National Anthem. The Kingdom of Prussia also had its own National Anthem.
The entire spit and polish of the German soldat of the early 1900's was incredible. The mindset and willingness to service was and is still to this day heads and shoulders above today's millitary's.
Wilhelm was a dick. He was never even man enough to own up to the fact that he threw his nation into a meatgrinder. It was his job to safeguard Germany. Because of him and Hitler there is no more Germany.
William II was actually considered a liberal early in his reign. He improved conditions for many of the lower classes but his intellect, or lack of one, & narcissism limited his ability to govern effectively. Directing the war effort rapidly slipped away from him into the total control of the army. The military was like a run-away train no one could stop until all hope fell away & rebellions started in Berlin & Kiel.
How did the German soldiers of WW1 call Kaiser Wilhelm II in his last years of reign, when he came personally to his soldiers at the FRONT: der Grüß-AUGUST = the saluting or salutating August. The German General Staff did put the Emperor aside very quickly in 1917 and 1918, when the war turned sour and any victory disappeared out of the Kaiser's Generals' sight. During the last months of the German Kaiserreich in 1918 he was not in charge of anything apart from his own abdication. No Communists, no Socialists, no Social Democrats were necessary for this final act. The military elite of the Reich wanted to get rid of the Kaiser as the victorious Western Powers demanded his dismissal, removal or resignation, that is the final sacking of this unlucky monarch, who had got out-of-date, become antiquated, in a way his own old-timer, and who eventually was nothing but a bloody war criminal in the eyes of the French, British and American governments. Fare well, my Kaiser ! With You have gone the golden Wilhelmine Times, for ever! Many a man will remember the Kaiser's saying some years before: "Guys, I am leading you towards GOLDEN TIMES ! " How golden they were ! 10 Million dead within 4 and a half years! For what? For a bit of Imperialism and a heavy load of CRAVING FOR STATUS ! All right ! The BIG HEADS also have to pay a price, if they escape with their own lives, as in the case of the Kaiser, who could flee unharmed into his castle in Holland called House DOORN, where the Dutch government gave asylum to its former imperial neighbor, gracefully - against the out-spoken will of the British and French governments, whereas thousands upon thousands of soldiers and civilians were six feet under, ahead of their times. Nowadays, the Netherlands would not give asylum to the Russian President Putin, if he looked for it. How times have changed! They would send him directly to the Court House of Den Haag. With good reason just as other war criminals? From which countries or states ? #
Ab 1918 war er der beste Holzhacker mit kaiserlichem Blut. Wie konnte er nur so total dumm sein, einem General Moltke die Kriegsführung anzuvertrauen. Zum Glück haben wir heute Frau Strack - Z ... und den Lindener. Besonders der Pistolerius ist ja auch ein echter Kriegsgegner ...
What a tragedy that this game of let's play at soldiers this delightful fantasy of pride and honour and glory which was harmless in its own way had to become the wicked evil of Goering and so many thousands of other beasts of wickedness and cruelty.
How realtive are these parade's today? Recently we have seen India, China, North Korea all hold big military parades. Japan have massively increased their defence spending. As we know from history you can only have one regional power. Therefore with these factors prevelent today we know what the future is likely to be.
He was not evil nor a tyrant, and he was certainly not Hitler, he was not really an antisemite but there were many, as other people at times were, but this was mostly because of him associating them with Judas Iscariot & further England, the English in particular, an to a certain point he might have been right about that there, but here is a thing, many members of the German Air Force during WW 1 were Jewish, in faith perhaps but not in culture, this is a problem, that would surface later on in WW 2 and the modern age, seen with the Zionists, Anti-Zionists and modernists, those are Jews who just want to mind their business and then get on with their life aka the guys in Manfred's squadron, the regular joes that bids you a good day on the bus, The other problem is England and France from a political standpoint, after the Napolean defeat and gap in power, Britain had no rival, comes in Otto von Bismarck & the German Empire, who crushes the French Empire, German Empire pre WW 1 was doing ok, with a social welfare program that looked after its people, 22 % of men could vote, it got involved in only 1 war in South Africa against the Dutch, the guys who brought the black people in chains to America, He was not a warmonger and really wanted this situation to be solved with diplomacy, sure he might have dismissed Bismarck, but that was because Otto was being far too aggressive, with regards to crushing worker's strikes, Germany was doing well enough not to want or have a reason for war, the problem was Serbia & Austria, while on the other was England, US, Russia & France,At times, the greatest of men, are seen as criminals, their deeds misunderstood, their legacy forever tainted, yet fought on they did, RIP Kaiser Wilhelm II may you find peace in Elysium, May the fat minister's corpse rot well, may it feed the maggots well, may the ravens eat well of them and shit on the damned bloody crowns, may the tower fall on them, may they all be crushed, may the Thames red with their blood, may London be drowned in blood and fire, may Ireland be made whole, may Wales, Scotland, Australia and Cannada be free on Englander yoke, let none live to tell tales, no mercy, no remorse, no pity, to none, man, woman, child even the unborn in the womb be spared. May DC drown and sink into the wretched bog that it was built on, may the crippled bastard and all those who came after him, save Jack & Robert F.Kennedy alogn with theri families, be forever dammed, may they rot well, may their corpses feed the maggots, the earth, the lands and the roots well, may the crows feed well of them, may they shit all over their symbols of so-called liberty and the shatter, may the lands return to all those native to it and those not of it be purged to the last of them all, let none live to tell tales, no mercy, no remorse, no pity, to none, man, woman, child even the unborn in the womb be spared May Moscow and Russia be burned own to cinders, like Sodoma and Gamora, let none live to tell tales, no mercy, no remorse, no pity, to none, man, woman, child even the unborn in the womb be spared, let their screams be heard into the void, le their skins be hung from all the trees, let the wolves, crows and maggots feed of their remains, let the earth be quenched in the blood of the barbarians and allow the roots to heal and grow, Let none of the Slavic people save Poland, Lithuania, Kievan and the Baltic states be spared
