The man who is shouting is Kaiser Wilhelm II, the German empire leader during WW1. He is talking about all the sacrifices he did for his country and no how no one cared. May god bless him (1859-1941)💔🪽
The man who is shouting is Kaiser Wilhelm II, the German empire leader during WW1. He is talking about all the sacrifices he did for his country and no how no one cared. May god bless him (1859-1941)💔🪽 Movie name: The Exception
My brother in christ, the guy, was a moron through and through. He literally ruined everything Bismarck worked for, including the political isolation of France, ruined the alliance with Russia, and decided hm yes try to compete with the british on the high seas what could possibly go wrong!
„MaY gOd BlEsS hIm“. You know that you are Not only praising an arrogant Idiot, you are also praising a Person who was partly responsible for the Genocide of the Herero and Nama?! You cannot just put „Another Love“ over a Movie Clip and suddenly everyone becomes the Poor, abandoned hero
@@lucasfragoso7634He honoured his promise to Austria to March with then into war, his navy at times did what they want and ignored general strategy that aligned with the war effort. And his generals seeing no progress made and the war not turning into there favour due to the horrors of trench warfare turned against him. By no means stupid in any regard, just the people around him did not have the Integrity he did.
@@CarthagianI believe it's the trenches that did Germany in cos it made it basically meant germany couldnt end the war quickly like it did in the franco prussian war
@@Aniki1337exactly. I hate Hitler for what he did to Germany's reputation. Germany is only remembered for the Nazis and never remembered for the great empire it used to be
My favorite thing Wilhelm is his bitter resentment of hitler and their whole frenemy exchange until Wilhelm's death. Hitler wanted Wilhelm's blessing to rule the German Empire and was hellbent on securing it with or without Wilhelm's approval. Wilhelm managed to die without the Germans getting ahold of him, and Wilhelm made it loud and clear the Nazis were absolute filth.
@inquisition3173 A.H. literally didn't give a shit about the Kaiser lol, he saw him as part of the problem, the old dying conservative aristocracy, the man responsible for ending a war they were winning on the losers side ushering in over a decade of economic ruin and social degeneracy and international humiliation.
@@inquisition3173 Hitler blamed the kaiser for losing the war, but he could not deny the symbolism Wilhelm holds and what he means for the German people
@@faidh8reality check: FULL QUOTE: "Do not expect that once taking advantage of Russia's weakness, you will receive dividends forever. Russian has always come for their money. And when they come - do not rely on an agreement signed by you, you are supposed to justify. They are not worth the paper it is written. Therefore, with the Russian is to play fair, or do not play."
To those who don’t understand, after WW1 Wilhelm II was seen responsible for every bad thing happening in the new government. All he could do is watch people hate on him while he was in exile
@droppeddogs yea because his staff were lying to him telling him he was winning but when they finally started to tell the truth he was to embarrassed to make ceasefire fire early on even when his country was starving he still held on to the hope of winning when he knew it was not possible
@@tyshawnbryant3468 LOL, it was AH and Russia who started the war. He had to defend AH, who was a major ally, or else risk being alone on the European stage. If you wanna blame someone, blame Princep
@@nejzk2026 "Christian monarch" who started one of the biggest wars in history. If he wanted war so badly he should have gone himself rather than blaming the ones who died for him like a coward.
Fun Fact: When Bismark was dismissed from the position of Chancellor of the German Empire by Kasier Wilhelm ll in 1890, he said that "The crash will come twenty years after my departure if things go on like this".
Which while true, I don’t think Bismarck staying in charge a few more years would’ve changed anything. Bismarck had noticed by the end that the alliances he was trying to maintain was impossible with no real way to circumvent it.
@@louayGamer that is incorrect. The Russians and the Austrians have fundamentally different plans for the Balkans. The second is the Russians aggressive expansionist behavior was always going to end in conflict. The reason it didn’t sooner was because of Russia wasn’t a modernized country yet. Had Russia modernized it would’ve then turn on Germany to claim the role of European hegemony. Backing Austria was an admission by Wilhelm that there was nothing Germany could offer Russia long term that would keep them loyal, so instead he choose to back a fellow German country that while unstable could act as balancing force in the Balkans against Russia. It’s not his fault the Austro-Hungarian price was killed and the world fell into war.
He also said to have predicted that: “Europe today is a powder keg and the leaders are like men smoking in an arsenal … A single spark will set off an explosion that will consume us all … I cannot tell you when that explosion will occur, but I can tell you where … Some damned foolish thing in the Balkans will set it off.”
@@greenknightofwar7024No Bismarck was quite friendly with the Russian Empire and would never under any circumstances allowed Germany to enter a war against Great Britain.
no actually Germany was doing so good in terms of armed forces the only problem is was resources however they didn't have to surrender they were actually winning against all odds check the history of WW1 it fascinating how Germany always more capable than any other country in the world in terms of military equipment and strategies .
Yeah, except your precious "kaiser" didn't step one foot onto the battlefield, nor did he even command troops in any significant way. Nah, just ordered millions to their deaths, and whined like a little bitch when he was forced to step down
You realize this guy is a monarch and he never fought? He was smoking cigars and drinking brandy in his castles/mansion. It’ll never stop shocking me how people will ascribe “every-man” qualities to people like this. He’s literally blaming the armed forces for his own loss of status (…while sitting in a mansion smoking cigars and drinking brandy) Yikes 😬
WW1 was too complicated to be anyone's fault, a shining example of why rampant interventionism leads to nothing but death and suffering, everyone lost.
Not interventionism but isolationism. People not wanting to get involved until it became a military conflict. People like you cause wars because you let them grow before acting
TBF ther is alot of Propaganda against him - he wasn´t a dictator he had limited power he tried to prevent the war (we have the letters) but Nikolas wanted war to stabilize russia - and the military didn´t listen to him they listend to hindenburg and Ludendorf
@@user-vu6mc1kf7w Austria-Hungary held the Russians in order for Germany to take France before winter as the Schliffen plan had set out. They were outnumbered. Their failure was in Serbia. The Ottomans fought well, and clowned the British at Gallipoli. That Germany carried everything itself is a myth, it did so only after 1916 when the Austro-Hungarians and Ottomans were finnished in morale and streanght. BUT, the same was true for Russia at the time.
The movie is the exception, and it takes place in Holland before WW2. Wilhelm was living in exile there and the Nazis sent troops to guard him pretending to support him so they could get clout with the monarchists back in Germany
Меня всегда удивляло реакция иностранцев что мы убили Николашку кровавого да мы его убили наши предки его убили вы думаете потому что мы его ненавидели потому что он был таким добрым многие не знают почему его назвали кровавым
Yes but they didn’t Help It Either. Keep in mind we’re “recalling” history not playing favorites. While Austria declared war on Serbia in 1914 Germany was sinking Englands ships which was a huge no no so America had to get involved and when Germany lost Verdun and the battle of moms the Kaiser fled his country leaving it in ruins bc of both the remaining German revolutionaries as well as the Americans who wanted to put him on trial for War Crimes. He was more honorable than Herr Hitler but was by no means a “good man” as well as Germany’s military and leaders very much Helped begin America’s necessary involvement during WW1.
@@AerYdmygI mean I still SORTA think it wasn’t mainly Germany’s fault in WW1, they got dragged into it by the Austrian-Hungarian empire, whom they had to carry throughout the entire war, and then received a huge like, fine for a war they didn’t start.
@@AerYdmyg Wow, sinking ships in war, who would've thought! America joined the war due to the telegram to mexico, and the sinking of an american civillian ship.
They shouldn’t have intervened on behalf of a empire that'd probably have fallen apart anyway with it’s ethnic tensions. Without German backing Austria would think twice before doing anything.
I once saw a comment on RU-vid about him. The guy was telling that his hometown was close to the Wilhelm II's exile place and his grandfather was telling a story from his childhood which goes like this: "When we were kids, in the neighboring town there was a man living, he was just chopping wood every morning then goes into the house and never to be seen for that day. Since he was a mysterious figure the kids(grandfather and his friends) were afraid of them and just peeks him sometimes. One day he asks his father who he was and the father replied: 'That man was a once powerful man, he wanted more power but he couldn't achieve to gain it. He lost everything and now, he lives here with us.' " I think it is a cool story especially if it is true.
I also once read a similar comment about a guy who lived near Kaiser Wilhelms exile place. He told that his grandmother once told him a story that a man tried to conquer Russia, Belgium and France but failed he used to live near us and used to cut woods everyday.
my famaly actualy had ties to the Hohenzollers (today it is not as strong as back then) and my famaly helped Kaiser Wilhelm II to escape germany into exile after ww1
Nothing can hurt a man more that gave so much in service to his country than to wake up one morning and find his country has fallen. My heart breaks for him I can’t imagine the burden he must have carried to try and keep it together.
how did the Kaiser help your independence? as far as I know, during the First World War you were part of the Russian empire and without the help of the communists it would not have disintegrated, and the first person who recognized you was grandfather Lenin, so shouldn’t you honor and praise him, or is your hatred of communism so strong that even your liberator is a tyrant for you?
@@olegrusanov3866the bolshavics had a agressive stance towards finland during the interwar period. They wanted to take finlands eastern forrests to neteur finlands defensive capability. This tension and then stalins reign led to the winter war. Infact the communist killed more then the nazis. The most shameful time of human history...
@@olegrusanov3866We literally declared our own independence from the Russians on 6 December 1917, but we only requested a recognition of independence from Lenin just like we requested the same thing from Sweden, Germany, France and so on. Also if you seem to think you're some kind of expert in Finnish history, I assume you know the sides of the Finnish Civil War and what Germans did for us.
He truly was chosen by god. I didn't know he was omnipotent in germany, that absolutely all goverment was done by him, that no other man had a say on it and that everyone did just as Wilhelm said.
But he was an idiot. The fact that he was so bent on having a powerful navy when UK would feel threatened but he kept thinking, oh, the Queen is family, nothing is going to happen, oo the Tzar is my cousin, nothing bad is going to happen. Oo lets favour the Jews in a country that already hates them way before the birth of Hitler, I don't think that the uneducated rabble would ever end up hating even more a race of people that they already hate when they suffering increases and they need someone to pay for that. The fact that Hitler was so successful so quickly could be argued to be the product of his stupidity.
"Gave my life" is a figure of speech for investing ones life energy, purpose, resources etc towards something, in this case his country. To discredit that figure of speech for him would be entirely disingenuous both to him and his country men. Especially the laborers of his country that helped build the German economy and spent decades of their life performing hard labor to build.
@@drandren9093 well yes, but people didnt saw that after he sneaked out the country in 1918 leaving behind a confused country that espected a response to versailes.
@@luzifershadres He didn't sneak out, He had to abdicate because he lost support from the Military and Government. If he stayed longer civil war might happen.
@@MediCrossReed He '''had''' to abdicate (read: flee into exile) because he refused to beforehand. Only after the revolutionaries had effectively won, and after the army refused to follow his orders, and after his chancellor falsely proclaimed (to little impact) that he'd already abdicated, did he finally do so.
He retired as a one-armed lumberjack. He wrote a diary. Tried to get his position back through Hitler, but Hitler believed that the Kaiser was a load of shit and laughed him off when he asked for an office.
Kaiser Wilhelm II is one of the most misunderstood leaders in Modern history. I feel so bad for him and the amount of slander that was thrown at him. May Wilhelm rest in peace. (fun fact: before 1914, right before World War one broke out, Kaiser Wilhelm was known as "the peace Kaiser"
@@alfonsovelasquezzb108 Not only the government. The absolute majority of the Russian population is the same as their government. I know this because I know the Russian language almost like my mother tongue. Other nations despise their governments, but Russians pray to their government as if to gods.
Paul von Lettow and August von Mackensen never forgot you Wilhelm, even after the war they wanted you back, they wouldve fought for you had you asked them to
@bobfg3130 he did back in the thirties but by the 40s it had pretty much dwindled. Had the kaiser made a move back around 36 it could've gone either way
The Kaiser's only mistake was being unable to stop his chancellor to give a blank cheque to Austria. Nobody remembers that he built the navy, and strengthened the army, he used the industrial complexes of Germany, built over generations and turned Germany into the economic hotspot on planet earth for decades. People forget that it was under him that great minds were trained, talent without training is nothing. Germany didn't build its power on the corpses of millions unlike the French, the Imperial Russians, and the British who sacrificed tens of millions. He built Germany what it was, he even respected workers' rights, something Bismarck never wanted. Bismarck was a great foreign minister, but a terrible one at domestic policies, his only approach being using force, which only buys short-term insurance for the nation. The Kaiser offered Bismarck the position of FM, but Bismarck being the tantrum-thrower he was (I still respect him deeply for his foreign policy) said he wanted to either be Chancellor or get retirement.
Yet Marx and many Jews actually blame their own people for their selfishness and their lack of dedication to the nation they live in and their fatherland. Yet, this is a very biased point of view, but it relates to the fact that during the 19th and early 20th century, as Jews were integrated as citizens in many nations in Europe, they actually faced resentment, had to deal with centuries of being put aside and spoiled, as well as having seen "nationalist parties" with their own agenda emerging (see Theodor Herzl, sionism, and more especially the multiple Jewish riots that advocated for a Jewish sovereignty of its own, which is as problematic as it is understandable in the complex context of the era). Jewish people were more than often seen as secessionists and enemies of the nation. Past the ethnicist and racist amalgam, a non-negligeable part of them stood that way. And such dissension feeds civil war concerns.
@@history.kadwaladrLike Robert E. Lee. In the Battle of Gettysburg. The Battle of Little Round Top, he was warned that it was a bad idea by his generals but he didn't listen and suffered heavy loses.
„The mistake Germany made in WWI was backing Austria, by handing Vienna a carte blanche. A fatal decision that would come back to haunt them two decades later.“ - Christopher Clark, „The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went To War in 1914“
It's really a bunch of things, french need for revenge,British need for navel dominance,German need to undermind the British, the Austrians refusal to negotiate the ultimation. And the biggest is the 3 emperor treaty failing because of Russia. Tho there a lot more like Italian expansionism or Austria protection of Albania, ottomans pushing didn't Russia ect
@@user-fs9sv6uu6s you mean the organization that was illegal in Serbia and considered terrorist, and whos heads were shot and burried in unmarked graves once they were known?
Lol war was inevitable. Princip is a scapegoat. C'mon you really think one young man was responsible for a world war? They just needed a reason and he gave them one. He was a nobody. A tool that was used.
I have to say...Plummer always was a fine actor. Beautiful choice to cast him here. And yes, his german accent is pretty spot on. The way he pronounces the names, espicially Ludendorff, quite german sounding. 😊 Greets from Germany people, stay safe, dont start any wars 😅
@@harryrobinson260 he's the one who was lied to by his army chief of staff that belgium had agreed to let germans pass through, he's the one who tried to stop hindenburg from restarting unrestricted submarine warfare, he's also the one who was toppled over by ludendorf and hindenburg in late 1917-ish so that they could do what they wanted with the country. which is why he curses them out in the video because they betrayed him. and he was on vacation when things were escalating towards ww1 and the OLH was the one that gave austria hungary the go ahead for war.
@@harryrobinson260no that is completely false the war was coming regardless of what people say it was a powder keg ready to light Wilhelm or not it’s would have been devastating if not more so but we will never know
@@d.habubo4585He gets to dine in comfortable exile having thrown his country into collapse in an inane powerplay to keep the Russians from overtaking them. One which culminated over three decades later with the Russians taking suzereinity over half of Europe, including half of Germany.
For real though, that's the actual way ruleship works, bro. That's the way it was, that's the way it is, and that's the way it's gonna be. So don't be a bitch to a man who was raised for this, even if he was idiotic and entitled.
He's a constitutional monarch, while he definetely had more authority than the likes of Westminster you cant really fully blame him for German Foreign Policy. Now Nicholas II, you can definetely blame him.
well Bismarck was a loud moth and he was one of the main reasons it did collapse ........... he forged an Empire with the sword but tried to unite it whit the whip and that failed his demotion was justefied but he just gave up instead of taking the role of foreign minister
@@ege_gzlck1 the German navy scuttled itself rather be taken as a British prize 2 the british navy of ww2 was vastly different then the navy of ww1 almost like their was to decays of navel development in-between wars or something
The Kriegsmarine were also built to be an escort navy, that's the entire reason why Germany built such a big navy, but thanks to British propaganda everyone thought it was built to rival the British and French navy
@@rossatkinson8621 you know to little of the great war to say that, he tried to stop the war the beurocrats wanted a war and they made it happen both in germany and austria.
Bismarck, the man who is often credited for forming the country of Germany, he predicted WWI and how the country he help built would crumble. And he was right. Bad alliances, advancing technology, poor politics, and most importantly how it started, in the Balkans. Wilhelm II made tons of poor choices and it lead to the downfall of him and his country.
The old lion had ended, and when he arrived the mighty young lion came and took over Europe. But the young lion failed to rule the world. Finally, the soul of the king in Germany was lost.
not really, he specifically sent Bulgrain government a very angry telegram once Bulgarians collapsed on the Salonika front: 60.000 Serbs decided the outcome of the war. Shameful!
@@alexeieremia1061 he wasnt a terrible person. He actually cared about his people >fired Bismarck because he wanted the army to shot at striking coal miners, Wilhelm wanted to hear them out >introduced the first German welfare system, including healthcare and pensions >furthered the sciences with his own fortune via the kaiser Wilhelm society. And for the war, he was the last monarch still writing letters to the other leaders in Europe to prevent war. As he was forced to come to his allies help, but nobody predicted trench warfare. He was basically promised a repeat of the Franco Prussian war in the east with the Schliefen plan
After he dragged them through 4 years of merciless and more pointedly meaningless war into famine and economic ruin? They were justified a few times over in deposing just cruel neglectful leadership.
Nothing precious about that bastard. He’s responsible for millions of deaths. 100s of thousands lost their sons, fathers and brothers because he wanted to have an empire. What a sad legacy for a weak person.
Fun fact: Wilhelm the II did not surpport what Hitler was doing, Wilhelm is a W. He wasn't trying to take over the world, he was trying to defend Austria Hungary, which also had some sort of reason to cause war. Not justifying the war, but most have a point that can redeem their image somewhat. (Key word: Most)
@@luzifershadres What? Russia supported Serbia who was blamed to have killed a royal family member of Austria Hungary so Russia joined the war and soon followed by the French and the Brits so Germany declared war on all the countries against Austria Hungary to hopefully defend Austria Hungary from the enemies
bless him he just honored his agreement with austria hungary and in ww2 he even went against the nazis and when they killed the jews he said that for the first time ever he is ashamed to be german he was a great leader who found himself against all the world
For those who say that the war was Willhem's fault ||: The First World War began after the assassination of the heir of Austria-Hungary, Austria-Hungary sent an ultimatum to Serbia since they had not done a good investigation of the murderer who was from a Serbian terrorist organization that in one of the guidelines He said that the Austrian police would have to go in to investigate in Serbia, which Serbia rejected because it would violate its sovereignty. Russia supported Serbia, so it mobilized and that's why Germany did too. Wilhem sent a Telegram to Austria. Hungary telling them not to rush, but it was too late and the war began, and those who wanted war the most were the German general staff.
Hate to break it to you, but after seeing Auschwitz in action, Wilhelm immediately knew that he wasnt being avenged. He liked Hitler and first but later despised him for his anti Jewish propaganda. Before he died, he requested that his funeral wouldnt have any nazi stuff written on it. It was ignored.
Yep Otto von Bismarck made Germanys unification possible and made sure that it would be one of the great powers. And warned kaiser willhelm about the war he was starting and he ignored him.
@@user-wj5ln9ud6w Wilhelm didn't start the war, so it's damn hard for Bismarck to warn about a war that wasn't started by Wilhelm almost 20 years before it even happened.
Yes the German troops did sacrifice their lives but the kaiser sacrificed his honor and reputation for a war that he wasn’t in charge of. The kaiser was only a figure and could only watch as the mistakes of his generals were blamed on him
Bismarck warned him but Wilhelm II didnt listen to him. He kicked Bismarck out and started to provocate half of the continent. He has done that to himself. He tried to be great like his Grandfather Wilhelm I. but failed and risked everything. Germany, Germans and his crown.
Bismarck was the one building arms and the military. If anything he's more to blame for spending more on building up the military might of the country and not the country and it's agriculture. Germany won militarily but lost economically. They ran out of food not ammo. No food no soldiers.
@@DarthPounder That's just wrong. The Legend, that Germany was not military defeated, came from the OHL. The former Leaders of the Army and right wing politicians couldn't handle the truth of the Battle of Armiens, where 600 Entente tanks gave us germans the biggest and dramatic loss, in German history to that point. General Ludendorf and Hindenburg gave the order to start negotiations after that battle. But due to the fact, that the German soldiers were standing in enemy territory and there were no battles in Germany, everyone, even Kaiser Wilhelm was surprised, that we lost the war. In the end, France, the UK and the USA were just way too strong for Germany and Austria alone. Yes the food situation was not very good but the true reason was, that Germany had simply too many enemies. We needed negotiations, before the Brits, French and Americans would have stood in Germany. In this way, not a single City in Germany was destroyed.
Interesting that the Canadian actor pronounced the three German names almost spotless. I also like the general choice of English for that role. Not some fake cliché german accent but a generally british type with subtle "harder" pronunciation just like an older german man with really experienced and good English language skills would sound like...
You shouldn't, that dipshit tried to influence the Greek royals to stay neutral in the war. And he wasn't even a good leader for his own country so uh nothing to respect about him.
He was born in 1859 and died in 1941. He lived long enough to see deaths of his all 4 grandparents, his parents, 6 of his 7 siblings, his wife, his son and 3 grandchildren
The Kaiser was Prussian and Prussia led the German Empire. After World War 1, the Kaiser was pushed from power. After World War 2, the Allies dismembered Prussia.
@@alexeieremia1061you should get a life and start looking outside the picture. Mad man Churchill chasing one single ship with his whole arm of navy. That’s pathetic what the British did. They could have easily signed a settlement in 1916 but greedy west did not
He should have listened to Bismark. In fact, Bismark should have been Kaiser but he had the unfortunate fault of not being born from the right woman for that.
Bismarck may have been a good diplomat but he was terrible when it came to domestic matters. Similar to Churchill in that regards. Bismarck didn’t want to give workers’ rights, maternity leave, and didn’t support social welfare. He even put forward a proposal to get rid of the socialist party and stamp out social reforms. It was Kaiser Wilhelm II that wanted to give workers’ rights and social benefit and welfare. Bismarck was a bully. He usually threatened to resign if things didn’t go his way and that usually worked under Wilhelm’s predecessor but when Wilhelm called Bismarck’s bluff he was left scrambling. Wilhelm was a good ruler. He didn’t want war. He didn’t want an expansive colonial empire. Wilhelm wanted to rearm the navy because he admired the British and wished to emulate them. He wanted to uplift the fatherland and be remembered as a good emperor.
The communists were worth stamping out when you look at Russia in 1917 and Germany in 1918. Ultimately Wilhelm was an absolute failure. He set out to gain an alliance with Britain, and ended up turning British support against himself. When things went wrong he blamed everyone but himself. He was warned that a 2 front war would be difficult, and he rushed into it. Moreover, he invaded Belgium and pulled the entire British empire into the war, if he hadn't have done that he might have had a shot at victory, but no, this idiot has to shoot himself in the foot at EVERY SINGLE TURN. He even cancelled his alliance with Russia, then throwing Russia into the arms of the French. He was the most stupid and self centred German leader to ever exist
The communists were worth stamping out when you look at Russia in 1917 and Germany in 1918. Ultimately Wilhelm was an absolute failure. He set out to gain an alliance with Britain, and ended up turning British support against himself. When things went wrong he blamed everyone but himself. He was warned that a 2 front war would be difficult, and he rushed into it. Moreover, he invaded Belgium and pulled the entire British empire into the war, if he hadn't have done that he might have had a shot at victory, but no, this idiot has to shoot himself in the foot at EVERY SINGLE TURN. He even cancelled his alliance with Russia, then throwing Russia into the arms of the French. He was the most stupid and self centred German leader to ever exist
People think that Germany started WW1 even though they didn't. They were forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles they were desperate to stop the war because too many died, and because of that treaty Germany was sent into a great depression of their own which allowd hitler to take advantage of the situation to aquire power to start WW2. That's y'all's history lesson your welcome XD
Bismarck knew the Germany would be doomed if the French, British and Russian became alliances. He told Kaiser to isolate France not the other way around.
As a Turk, I salute the German King Wilhelm. He was the greatest ally of the Ottoman Empire. If America had not been involved in the war, we could have ruled Europe together as Germans and Turks. Bir Türk olarak Alman Kralı Wilhelm'i selamlıyorum. Osmanlı'nın en büyük müttefikiydi. Eğer Amerika savaşa girmeseydi, Almanlar ve Türkler olarak Avrupa'yı birlikte yönetebilirdik. 🇹🇷❤️🇩🇪
My great great great grandpa was in WWI and was the that was in the Battle of St.Mhinel in France in October 11 of 1917 he was in the 22nd US Marine Corps and survived a artillery strike 2 times
Maybe when Austria-Hungary was asking them about how good their alliance against Russia was if they started trouble he should have told them to be cautious instead of giving them a blank check saying whatever they choose to do he was fine with it. That and not firing Otto von Bismark who kept Europe on balance and Germany safe.
The blank check was the only thing they could have done they warned the Austrians and did say to be cautious and careful but the old man in Austria wanted WAR and demanded assurance from Germany that they would assist
@@2packrm781 Before going to War with Russia Austria-Hungary checked with Germany (Prussia) is they would back them if they stood up to Russia when they took Serbia. Wihelm then took a cruise. Austria takes Serbia. Russia goes to War with Austria. So Germany goes to War with Russia. They ask France if they will remain neutral if they go to war with Russia. France says as a Great Power they will do as they wish. Basically going to war with Germany -- but making it Germany's fault. So Germany invades France via the Low Countries. Making the Britain go to war (as they have historically always done) to protect them. Poof WW1. If only Wihelm had told Austria-Hungary don't do something stupid or your on your own.
