Huis Doorn III 

he never was the most powerful man in the world

Behind King George maybe, he was second or third, the military hold the real power by the start of WW1

@@AlamoOriginal well King George had no real power just like the queen today.

@@horstschlemmer2042 exactly, but if we are being pedantic, then so does Willhelm, but both are rulers either way

@@AlamoOriginal The German Kaiser appointed the Chancellor without the need of asking the parliament. In addition the votes for the parliament was weighted so in reality the votes of the common people had only very little influence while the aristocracy held the power. The Kaiser was able to make his own foreign policy and rule without the parliament through the Chancellor whom he appointed himself. If a new law was needed and he has no majority in the parliament he could either persuade the aristocracy or use some emergency powers just like in the end phase of the Weimar Republic. He was the supreme commander of the army and by this he could levy taxes with the explanation that it benefits the army. So basically he controlled the executive and a substantial part of the legislative part of the government. Yes with the beginning of WW1 this changed because he was smart enough to not lead the troops himself but to give the power to the more qualified Generals of the OKH.... unlike his Russian cousin XD King George had not such power. He could declare war on foreigners but as soon as he needed money for this war he had to consult the parliament. He could not just appoint a head of state but could only veto. He could not make laws but could only veto. Yes Britain was a powerful state but the individual powers of the ruler was different to Germany.

The Eye Filmmuseum, who posted this, is actually a film museum in Amsterdam. So these images actually come from a museum :).

@@kleinemonnik interesting, more of it should be uploaded, its a piece of history

@@AlamoOriginal That's exactly what they are doing. Great stuff.

@SuperMagren Half true, he wasnt a figure head till like the middle of the war

Ok sounds good to me dude

Good find yourself a lord to serve be their serfdom.

It was just boring smalltalk

I guess the US soldiers who tried to kidnap him thought about the same exact thing

I think you should learn the lesson to look at history from a differentiated perspective. It seems to me that you blame solely Germany for WW1 and everything that came later. Which is objectively wrong. And it seems to me that you don’t know anything about the German culture of pacifism and remembering the world wars which is practiced on an excessive scale. So before you write an angry replie take a moment and think about what I wrote. It’s not an insult to you and it’s not meant to belittle you.

You should not speak badly of Germans, in ancient times their beliefs were close to Sanatana Dharma (which is also the source of Sikhism) and fragments still survive to this day in Germanic culture and behaviour, though even in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, they were noted to live in free cities with manly people. There are things to criticize the Germans for, and the last Kaiser too probably, but ridicule doesn't come to mind. Also... Be aware that civilized simply means urban, domesticated. Realize that if you are a Lion, each time you praise civilisation beyond its worth in spiritual applications, you get coined. Do you want to ontologically be a zoo-lion ?

@@atsukunisumeragi1967 the hell are you talking about?

@@horstschlemmer2042 The German culture of pacifism? Yes, after the disaster of two World Wars and with a lot of pressure from the allies to forget militarism. I have heard the military in Germany is still shamed by the political left who blow whistles and try to interrupt military parades or ceremonies. All of that is after WW II. Before then you have two factors Prussian militarism until 1918, and then the smoldering hatred and sense of revenge against the post-WW I treaties considered unfair by Germans. Before 1950 pacifism was just the thinking of academics and the intelligentsia and artistic community.