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.
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
@@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
@@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.
@@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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
„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
@@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.
"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.
@@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
@@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.
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
@@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
@@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.
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 😅
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!
@@KadwaldrLike 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.
@@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
@@garrettduke3797 I dont know the name, It IS about Willhelm ll's retirememt in belgium or neederlands during WW2. He has the Company of some nazis and there IS a espionagem plot going between HIS house mais and a Commander.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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
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.
Perfectly captured the idiocy of this man, that wouldnt see his own fault till his death. Never was he at fault for anything, he was betrayed by his generals, his government, his people.
because germany would never have went into a war it could not win. He would have uphold the alliance with russia since bismarck knew there is no war you can win against russia because its so vast.
@@marxel4444 I mean, Japan did. Before the WWII, they even sank Russian ships. And Russia did surrender itself to Germany in WWI after the Tsar was ousted and the disastrous strategies implemented afterwards, the German Army who fought there was turning around from the Eastern front when the Western front collapsed, some even say they won against Russia a little too late to change anything.
@@johanerwintaglang457 Japan sieged a port and fought a naval war against russia, yes. But japan didnt really invade the russians and overran them either
Die Kriegsmarine war eine Schande. Die Soldaten, die rebellierten sind Verräter und nichts weiter. So eine große Flotte und Wilhelm wollte sie nicht benutzen, weil er Angst hatte, dass seine Schiffe sinken.
@@Gum167fr, And they almost won WW1, because they destroyed russia in the east and made an ally of the communist who were winning in the civil war, he could have had more soldiers to go to the west then america came, the more exhausted troops moving from east to west even more fresh and advanced american soldiers shipped from the atlantic to france
@@Gum167 well yes, but if he would had listen to bismarck brittain wouldnt even have joined the war and russia would had been much more diplomatic to actually prevent that war.
@@luzifershadres Russia and Germany has already been tried negotiated several time to stop the war,and Britain would join the war since Germany invaded Belgium
