Kaiser Wilhelm II.'s speech about WWI. - Address to the German people [TRANSLATED]

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[@stagbeetle1050]

"the enemies are grudging the success of our work" He was right.

[@loexpectations9046]

Sorry but I dont think so. I believe it's quite the opposite actually. Germany was pursuing any reason to go to war. Our place in the sun and all.

[@csongorcsillogo1440]

@@loexpectations9046 n 1871, Germany had a population of 41 million people; by 1913, this had increased to 68 million. A heavily rural collection of states in 1815, the now united Germany became predominantly urban.[11] During its 47 years of existence, the German Empire was an industrial, technological, and scientific giant, gaining more Nobel Prizes in science than any other country.[12] By 1900, Germany was the largest economy in Europe, surpassing the United Kingdom, as well as the second-largest in the world, behind only the United States.[13] France was the biggest economic and demographic loser of the 1870-1914 era, Britain was also a loser according to all economic data!!!!

[@alcoleserotonina]

@@loexpectations9046 when Austria send the ultimatum to Serbia ,the kaiser was on a trip on the Hohenzollern,the yacht of wilhelm. When he came to Potsdam,and he get noticed that Austria was going to declare war,he asked to Von Bulow if they can evitate that tragedy. So,he didn't want the war

[@alcoleserotonina]

Omg Sorry,the name of the chancellor was Bethmann

[@neonflashsparkotron5435]

The British thought it was a “threat” when the Germans were building up the navy. By 1912 Germany had the largest naval fleet in Europe. The Brits saw this as a threat even tho it really wasn’t. They were always rivals when it came to that, the Germans never planned an attack on the British harbors. Maybe during the war, but before the war, the British were straight up wrong

[@richardlawson4317]

It would be interesting to hear him speak in English, in which he was equally fluent. It was his mother's language, although she was also bilingual. He was said to be unaware as to which language he was speaking.

[@Ghreinos]

Well his mother was German too.

[@omarma7815]

holy shit thats awesome

[@blitzipanik4706]

There is an English interview with him on youtube... He doesnt sound like its his mother language though... Still better than many german politicians today.

[@TheEdwardrommel]

His mother was NOT German. She was the Princess Royal of Great Britain which meant she was the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria. She was liberal minded and therefore clashed with the Prussian aristocracy. Her husband was also somewhat liberal. Why do you post that his mother was German? Is it because she had German relatives like her father who was certainly from Saxe Coburg-Gotha. And Victoria did have relatives in Hanover, Germany. But why do you post that she was German? If she was raised in England and had a liberal mind how can you say that she was German? and exactly what German do you mean? Do you mean she was Prussian?...certainly she was not Prussian. Do you mean that she was Saxe Coburg-Gotha? Please do not mislead people into believing the age old myth that the British royal family is German because they are NOT German. They are as British as anyone else in Britain. As George V said during WW1 when H.G. Wells said that the British royal family were "alien and boring"....George V said "I may be boring but I'll be damned if I am alien"....and that is why the family changed their name from Saxe Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.

[@sakuyahime9525]

yes, I am interested to hear Kaiser Wilhelm speaking English.

[@Biestle]

"Never has Germany been overwhelmed when it was united..." Unity is our strength.

[@Duskbear]

Wir haben "vereint" beide Weltkriege verloren, öffne mal gefälligst ein Geschichtsbuch.

[@Moebius-M]

"Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit"

[@jesus2621]

Now is a puppet of a country in another continent USA

[@thorstenmarquardt7274]

Your comment didn’t age well

[@Biestle]

@thorstenmarquardt7274 It did, unlike your mental capacity.

[@arturoroldan4839]

My voice is awesome.

[@LibertyMapper]

Der Kaiser Wilhelm II Indeed, it is.

[@iAlexSpritesify]

HEHE thank you for loosing the war too Hitler.

[@Blackdeathgaming-yv1kk]

Adolf Hitler great everybody is here how long is it gonna take until stalin is here

[@kronprinzwilhelmiii674]

Ja vater

[@mattadams1599]

I didn't know you came back

[@kaiserwilhelmii1827]

Those were good days...

[@themightyranger6321]

Damn right

[@loganpaschedag8829]

Kaiser Wilhelm II don’t give your hopes up because there later in Deutschland is a man that will be the most evil man you’ll ever witness his name was Adolf Hitler! A man that did the worse thing possible to innocent people who were Jewish and they wore white bands around their arms with this on them marked as jew’s ✡️ and then around the end of the war 1945 the allies rolled in Germany and found the most unlikely thing to see Concentration Camps! You should look this up because it’s the ‘Holocaust’ true terror around the world and Hitler used this as a scapegoat for him to hide from the allies storming throughout German soli

[@markharrison2544]

@@loganpaschedag8829 The Allies used concentration camps first.

[@legionary2736]

@Prussian Revivalist Woah there. The jews didn't do shit. It was the fucking yanks that messed everything up, not some people of a certain fate

[@hodor9851]

@@legionary2736 keep in mind that we have to listen to both sides of the story. There ARE Jews that are planning to end with the white race and having plans on taking hollywood. However, I'm not saying all Jews are like that but a portion of them are.

[@loveandhate2576]

Bring the empire back long live the Kaiser

[@hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger]

+ Thegh0st 3 Yeah, segregation, racism, forced conscription, occupying countries for resources and suppressing independence is so fricking nice, when the Brits do it.

[@hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger]

+Daan Schlüter Are you kidding me? Just look up how the people there were treated back then. Churchill even had his own little holocaust in the colonies, because many of them wanted to declare independence even earlier than they got it.

[@alexanastasiadis2592]

@Daan Schlüter And the Spanish, Portuguese and Austrian Empires.

[@cheeseburg9505]

@Adolf Hitler we destroyed ur shitland shut tf up

[@YermIncorporated]

@tangywizard452 Roman empire.

[@detroitandclevelandfan5503]

Rest in peace, Kaiser Wilhelm. Such a misunderstood man, you are. You never wanted war. You wanted peace, but the Royal family wouldn't allow it.

[@haiboriver]

German Empire lost it's only significant colony in oriental east of Tsingtau, at the very beginning of WWI..my hometown becomes Qingdao but even today people still entwine with this German originality of he city!

[@vongolaprimo837]

@Xadion yep

[@blonded0532]

haiboriver the mix of European and Chinese culture in places like qingdao, Hong Kong, and Macau are extremely interesting. I’d love to live there one day if I could manage to pick up some Chinese

[@alx2xs]

And they still brew a very good beer in Qindao!

[@benalor1973]

@@blonded0532, and (at least now) when they are free from the hands of the C.C.P.

[@humanbeing8548]

1:08 For anyone wondering, that’s Churchill standing next to him. Winston Churchill.

[@firemangan2731]

Fun fact: during the early days of ww2, Churchill offered Wilhelm asylum In Britian but Wilhelm refused to accept it and continued to stay in the Netherlands even when Nazi Germany turned it into a Reichskommissriate after they invaded and occupied the country.

[@Urmel331]

@@firemangan2731 The nazis hated him and the feeling was mutual, it was a ballsy move to stay in Doorn

[@hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger]

@@Urmel331 He even sort of taunted Hitler while congratulating him, in short basically saying "Good job on taking Paris with my army.".

[@user-ip5yc7bg2k]

@@Urmel331 In the end the Nazis buried him, with Nazi SYMBOLS. The Nazis knew he hated the swastika so they buried him with it.

[@thanosofthecommunistdruzhi9107]

Gallipoli...

[@StephenLuke]

RIP Wilhelm II (1859-1941)

[@thecurious926]

Woah. He lived till 1941?

[@StephenLuke]

@@thecurious926 Correct! He died in Huis Doorn, Doorn, Netherlands on June 4, 1941, at the age of 82 while in exile.

[@Idkwhattoputherelol387]

@@StephenLukeI wonder what his thoughts on the soviet invasion would’ve been like 🤔

[@joshleggett6815]

Hail to thee in the victor's crown. Ruler of the fatherland Hail emperor,thee

[@kaiserwilhelmiiofthegerman9481]

HEIL, KAISER DIR

[@ijsmikasa703]

Once Upon a time.... Russia Austria and Germany are friend *Blame Alexander III*

[@shockwave2291]

Heck, if you go back further Russia, Austria, Prussia, AND Britain were all once friends. You can thank Napoleon for that one.

[@Mr33500]

Blame the rivalry between Austria-Hungary and Russia, and their contention regarding the Balkans

[@neonflashsparkotron5435]

Nicholas the 1st was a great king for Russia, but no thanks to Alexander the III the reputation of Russia was ruined

[@eh1600]

@@Mr33500Germany should have annexed Austria and Bohemia, given Galicia to Russia and released Hungary as an ally

[@kristofantal8801]

@@eh1600 Why?

[@mustardbottle8663]

He sounds convincing, too convincing. Bring the Kaiserreich back please

[@awc6007]

German President❌ German Kaiser✔️

[@aegoniisunfyre1460]

@@awc6007 damn right

[@hofnarrtheclown]

​@@awc6007The World Wars Also The Cold War And Others Have Completely Destroyed The Glory Of The World And Empires Today There Could Of Still Been Honor And Respect If Only That Serbian Criminal Wouldn't Have Existed

[@swatinmates8828]

​@@awc6007ja

[@slatan420]

Hes no doubt spinning in his grave so fast its creating a wormhole or opening a portal to oblivion.

[@ericborman4856]

slatan420 this multikulti dream is a Neverending nightmare!

[@tsgtechnologiesinc4015]

Find him and close shut the jaws of OBLIVION

[@imakehistoryvids8620]

lol

[@nothing1621]

he doesnt have a grave, a maloseum or smth

[@Max-is4qu]

He is burning in hell for sending millions of young men into a early grave

[@LeviathanSpeaks1469]

The Allies brought down a lion... and a monster eventually filled his place because of it...

[@paulcateiii]

the Kaiser would be ashamed of the way Germany has turned out

[@ukball6497]

You mean Bismarck?

[@hus390]

@Matt S Worst. Not just losing a war he started for nothing and killing millions of his citizens. But due to his failure, his country suffered during post-war ( the 1920s) while he escaped and lived in a Dutch mansion.

[@edgarlabra12]

Von Bach was the main man if im not mistaken

[@alexs5744]

@@CapitalTeeth I read that Hitler blamed the Kaiser for Germany losing the war and treated the Kaiser with contempt. Ironically the Kaiser respected that son of a bitch.

[@alexs5744]

@kamalindsey That says something right there.

[@stanislausklim7794]

at least his German isn't fast that you can't really translate what he is saying

[@alexs5744]

Germans don't talk fast like Mexicans. I have family married to Germans and I can say they don't speak fast.

[@mappertom4662]

If he had spoke fast you could not understand him. Because of the noise of the radio

[@mappertom4662]

When I am holding a speak I am also speaking very slowly, on this way the people are taking you more serious but when I am speaking with people I am very fast and everyone is like that

[@DampSeagull9166]

@@alexs5744 yeah bro fr I’m Mexican and sometimes i don’t even fckin understand my own family💀💀💀

[@hofnarrtheclown]

​@@DampSeagull9166Then Get More IQ Because Hearing This Is Just Incredible

[@Gaby-uf6nl]

Why I'm watching this...

[@agapitomalisyuso]

Cuz ur the best

[@thegayest4004]

Long live the Kaiser 😭✋

[@duesen756]

Come back

[@dasrico6325]

Come back Wilhelm... Lead us home! We need a strong, good minded person on our front more than ever...

[@zeemer7040]

guten tag, herr kaiser!

[@preuens6890]

LONG LIVE KAISER!

[@CheesiusCaesar69]

People say the Central Powers were the bad guys, although Austria-Hungary did it for a good reason, Serbia shot their heir to the throne, and Germany supported them so the aggressors were technically the allies.

[@thanosofthecommunistdruzhi9107]

Austro-Hungary has always wanted Serbia, killing the old man just gave them a case of war, that's all. In this case, the Austrian Empire was the aggressor. I'm pretty much Germany wanted French land instead, they did put a lot of effort on the French offensive after all.

[@patrickhennig1332]

@@thanosofthecommunistdruzhi9107 lmao

[@cqpp]

@@thanosofthecommunistdruzhi9107 France wanted to take Alsace Lorraine from Germany which France had taken from the German states during the revolutionary and napoleonic wars, Germany retook them in the 30 years war and France wanted to take those and a again.

[@his_homlessness]

@@aydanerdem2941 The Austrians wanted war with the Serbs for God-knows-how-long, they finally got an excuse in 1914. Bet you two pounds no-one really cared that Franz Ferdinand was gone. The Austrians, Germans, Russians, and French all deserve blame for the war, although mostly the Austrians. I think it's safe to say that Austria was the aggressor

[@mikevoisine2886]

@@cqpp So, a conflict costing up to 20 million lives was justified? Just asking...

[@pagantribalist6179]

GOD SAVE THE KAISER!!

[@benalor1973]

Gott Mit Uns!

[@TheLoverOfSteamLocomotives]

@@benalor1973 Amen!

[@pranavsharma2004]

There is no kaiser he has a great grandson but no power belong to him

[@hofnarrtheclown]

​@@pranavsharma2004What ?

[@certainsomebody3281]

An das deutsche Volk Seit der Reichsgründung ist es durch 43 Jahre mein und meiner Vorfahren heißes Vermögen gewesen, der Welt den Frieden zu erhalten und in Frieden unsere kraftvolle Entwicklung zu fördern...

[@parrotconservative]

No one was the bad guy during WW1 since it was both Serbia and Austria Hungary that started the war

[@hofnarrtheclown]

You Can't Really Blame Austria Hungary Tho And You Can't Also Say There Were No Bad Guys In This

[@Qlody]

We were old friends..and we're still friends. Respect from Turkey :) ❤

[@Terric90]

Then leave our Country!!!

[@Qlody]

@@Terric90 most of turkish people there because when the world war 2 ended you guys were need help and our country was so poor so we sent our people to yours for gain money and come back from there. We just wanted to help you guys :C but some people wanted to stay there...idk why?

[@Terric90]

@@Qlody no turk builded german after ww2

[@Qlody]

@@Terric90 das ist good? what do you mean?

[@hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger]

@@Qlody Don't mind him, we do like the Turks who do behave right, but the political relations are a bit...tense, because of your current leader. That's probably why some Germans might be hostile to Turkey. And because of a few ideological or religious extremists, but they do generalize it on the entire Turkish people, unfortunately.

[@Transnitrian_edits]

Rest in Peace last king 😢👑

[@aimarramadhan2380]

He was also the grandson of Queen Victoria of England. Then WW1 happened and the family clash at each other. Tsar Nicholas of Russia and King George of England declared war on their cousin the Kaiser.

[@kingofohio5689]

And to the Bulgarian czar

[@kruggmichaels8958]

Things weren't quite as simple as that. They may have been monarchs, but they didn't wield absolute power. In fact, the kings of all three countries were dismayed when their nations decided to wage war on the others. Britain was ruled by a parliament, and Nicholas was a weak king who did not command respect or loyalty from the Russian aristocracy and generals. In fact Russian generals, aristocrats and politicians decided on their own to begin moving divisions toward Europe and to support a war effort.

[@jimhuffman9434]

@@kingofohio5689 The relation went: King George V was first cousins with both Kaiser Wilhelm II and Czar Nicholas II. Kaiser Wilhelm II was first cousins with George V and third cousins with Czar Nicholas II. In short: *they were all fifth cousins*

[@RyanN05]

Wilhelm II was very charismatic. A great recording for the time.

[@uberfeel]

Remember folks the allies called him a power hungry monarch just because he built a navy without britians permission.

[@Crimsrn]

yeah, a navy built directly to challenge britain's navy.

[@deutschesherz2582]

​​@@Crimsrn Die Briten wollten Deutschland vernichten und wahren steht's die größten Kriegstreiber. So wie die USA heute.

[@swimmyswag]

​@@CrimsrnA navy built to open up more trade routes to grow the German economy, you mean?

[@hofnarrtheclown]

​@@swimmyswagObviously Yes

[@lightship9776]

He sounds so wise

[@impulseedm8948]

Good educational vid

[@AustroHungarianEmpire1867]

My man out here speaking fax 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@_Queen_Marika]

WE MAKING IT TO THE MOON WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🗣️🥶🥶🥶🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪

[@EAMCFC]

Fun fact: he was queen Victorias grandson

[@sauronmordor7494]

ok

[@a.k5680]

And cousins with tzar Nicholas and king George

[@hofnarrtheclown]

Why Is Princess Victoria Never Mentioned By Y'all

[@rhysnichols8608]

What else was the “triple entente” but an attempt to surround and crush Germany? the historical rivals of Russia, France and Britain suddenly became best buddies as soon as their monopoly was challenged by the upstart Germany. While Germany certainly did make some diplomatic mistakes in 1914, the kaiser did try hard to prevent war, he begged the Tsar to demobilise and chill out, and Wilhelm was the last monarch to mobilise HIS own army… The French weren’t interested in sitting out either, they wanted Alsace lorrain back and mobilised first to support Russia…they also violated Belgium air space before Germany invaded

[@Crimsrn]

no shit sherlock. would you let a new powerful country become more powerful than you? i don't think so.

[@kruggmichaels8958]

@@Crimsrn Of course. That's not really the issue though. The issue is that you still lie about it even today

[@Crimsrn]

@@kruggmichaels8958 lie about what to be exact

[@kruggmichaels8958]

@@Crimsrn Just come out and say that you eradicated the German race so that you could stay on top. Germany was too powerful and successful, and you too envious and fearful to allow that great nation a future. Instead of your usual "We're heroes fighting for freedom against barbaric Hun scum!" crap that you've been spouting for a century.

[@TheEdwardrommel]

at .54 is a picture of the Kaiser's youngest son, Joachim, at the far right. The picture shows the Kaiser and then in descending order from the left of the screen to the right of the Kaiser's 6 sons. The Kaiser's youngest son born in 1890 shot himself in 1920 in Potsdam.

[@anthonydurnford3077]

William shouldn’t be blamed for starting World War I in the German perspective. He wanted peace yet his generals were pressuring him to declare war on the opposing side.

[@imperie9720]

Hey! I used this in my video.

[@iceice1295]

Restore the monarchy in Germany

[@extremelymoralsteven1638]

I thoroughly enjoy how captivated and convinced these comments are by Wilhelm's speech

[@rhysnichols8608]

Ah yes I’m sure you’re a man of culture who knows the truth- THE evil German empire wanted to TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!!!!! only a fool would listen to the point of view of the bad guys!! I’m sick of people who can think critically too!

[@extremelymoralsteven1638]

@@rhysnichols8608 i never said the allies were the good guys, all sides acted agaisnt their people in exchange for more power. Im just surpised that people can still be entranced by romantic lies of glory and the facade that tyrannts fight for the people and not their own gain.

[@hofnarrtheclown]

What Wilhelm Is Saying Actually Is True

[@hofnarrtheclown]

​@@rhysnichols8608"Evil Germans Wanting The World" 😂

[@hofnarrtheclown]

​@@extremelymoralsteven1638Bruh Just Watch A Almost 2 Hour Vid Called Peace Kaiser By Someone Called Lavader Who Will Explain Wilhelm's True Intentions And Events

[@Adlerjunges83]

Wow tolle Aufnahme

[@grossadmiralkarldonitz3057]

I war to young when i listened seinen Majestät in 1914.

[@canagerm]

Vorwärts mit Gott für Kaiser und Reich

[@legionary2736]

@Lord Farquaad So sind sie

[@legionary2736]

@Lord Farquaad So are you

[@legionary2736]

@Lord Farquaad The end of shrek 1

[@legionary2736]

@Lord Farquaad Are you coming back for Shrek 5?

[@legionary2736]

@Lord Farquaad Great!

[@wilhelm4321]

If America and Britain were connected to mainland Europe the whole world would be speaking German

[@thebadstation8416]

the soviet union would still beat germany

[@wilhelm4321]

@@thebadstation8416 Not a chance. We had the bolsheviks beat in 42

[@extremelymoralsteven1638]

@@wilhelm4321 w-we?

[@wilhelm4321]

@@extremelymoralsteven1638 Söhne Deutschlands

[@chinesetaxevader]

@@extremelymoralsteven1638 we the german Nation, even tho the idiology was shit and all, we do acknowledge that this was and still is the same german nation, when i talk about the nzis military sucess or unsucess i also say "we" not as we the nazis but as we the germans

[@johnnygarner2766]

FÜR DEN Kaiser

[@prussianplayer4063]

Go German Empire!!!!

[@calenskyes]

Just like Stalin, he doesn't sound like how he looks

[@northwesteastsouth7437]

@ToppatEmpire yes

[@hofnarrtheclown]

German And Russian Are Far Different From Being English Even Tho Wilhelm Is English

[@kaiserwilhelmi6405]

I never had much confidence in him to keep the empire…

[@wilhelmii6221]

Damn my voice

[@hunde_futter5412]

Für Gott und Kaiser !!!⚫️⚪️🔴

[@servinglooks247]

1:33 is it the Kaiser and the Tsar?

[@ShaunTheCHB]

Sure is. Cousin Willy and Nicky together.

[@duduchannel6729]

George V, Wilhelm II and Nicholas II were cousins

[@CosmicDalmatian]

In nutshell WW1 was family fight

[@blonded0532]

Stupid people dont even bother me could be George V, he and Nicholas were practically twins.

[@Chris-oi2hv]

Yep, wore the uniforms of each other’s army

[@alx2xs]

Balfour: We are probably fools not to find a reason for declaring war on Germany before she builds too many ships and takes away our trade. White: You are a very high-minded man in private life. How can you possibly contemplate anything so politically immoral as provoking a war against a harmless nation which has as good a right to a navy as you have? If you wish to compete with German trade, work harder. Balfour: That would mean lowering our standard of living. Perhaps it would be simpler for us to have a war. White: I am shocked that you of all men should enunciate such principles. Balfour: Is it a question of right or wrong? Maybe it is just a question of keeping our supremacy. 1910 conversation between Lord Balfour, leader of the British Conservative Party, and Henry White, then United States Ambassador in London.

[@user-nh4ji3wz3m]

Hallo from Drina river to Kaiser und German people! )

[@MatteoAdler]

2:11 What a magnificent tribute picture! The greatest Imperial Dynasty!! my favourite!

[@michaelsuarez1126]

All hail to the great kaiser! Lang lebe die kaiser!!

[@agapitomalisyuso]

He is nice

[@Kaiser_von_Europa]

love the german empire when I was younger and I always wonder how would 2022 look like if germany and his allies manages to win the great war

[@ognjengradistanac5380]

What is that profile picture haha

[@his_homlessness]

Please change and grow as a person

[@larochejaquelein3680]

Sick person

[@hail67]

​@@his_homlessness Well man you're the one who's supposed to change,

[@hail67]

​@@larochejaquelein3680 You're the one who's sick lol

[@romanitosf]

Fur den Kaiser!!!

[@syborgcat3830]

I did not expect him to sound like that at all

[@hofnarrtheclown]

Me Low Key Too

[@louiseake1899]

Germany is not complete without the empire

[@Antaresimperium1938]

Guys did yall know: thet kaiser Wilhelm II was going too the netherlands in november 1918. He live in the netherlands form 1918-1941 in 1941 he died in his house in doorn utrecht.

[@soderfjarden3197]

Make prince friedrich georg kaiser with the title friedrich iv 😃 ⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫ ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴

[@brendanhourican3701]

He gave this speech on my birthday

[@reedbender1179]

Happy 110th birthday if you are still around !✌

[@theronin942]

HE SAID THE THING!!! GOTT MIT UNS!

[@benmarleor]

Listen to a recording of his English cousin King George V. They have almost the same voice, augustly gruff.

[@Robben0693]

Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland!😊

[@glqgaming8862]

Heil dir mein kaiser

[@etzerdlasgaudistuben5300]

so schön, musste weinen

[@andyx2299]

1.Röm.1,18 : Denn es wird geoffenbart Gottes Zorn vom Himmel her über alle Gottlosigkeit und Ungerechtigkeit der Menschen,welche die Wahrheit durch Ungerechtigkeit aufhalten. GOTT MIT UNS

[@mee6211]

Atleast he shared power

[@blitzzkrieg1400]

Ze Kaiser's voice is awe-Somme!

[@doodlydoo3935]

I respect Germany

[@renatechapel]

I've just noticed how the word 'god' is written with small capital in English. Also an odd caricature in the middle of the clip showing the Kaiser as if he wanted to eat the globe!?

[@dieguitoviajero5183]

Today Germany has 4th largest GDP thanks to Bismark and this Kaiser. The empire is safe

[@mcaddicts]

Not really. You lost the rhine and lost Prussia.

[@mybirthwasamistake]

@@mcaddicts also Southern jutland

[@Spedfire11]

@@mcaddicts and still stronger than France, UK or Russia :-) even the life quality :D

[@Random-os3md]

We lost alsace lorraine, south jutland, poznan, danzig, east prussia, memel and sudeten Also poor leadership and immigrant. soo empire was safe??

[@BoleDaPole]

Similar to what China and Russia are going though rn. History is like poetry it repeats

[@axelespinoza29]

Mi Voce est Bella

[@aeiou6766]

RIP Kaiser Wilhelm

[@german_spirit7545]

Not completely correct translated. But the most is correct!

[@LibertyMapper]

For example?

[@german_spirit7545]

I corrected my statement before! Sry for that. Most is well translated! But e.g. that one at 2:38: "Noch nie war Deutschland überwunden, wenn es einig war." Wilhelm rather says: Germany has never before been overwhelmed when it stood together (meaning German states fighting together for one thing. There were times this happened before unification, e.g. against France before unification 1870.)

[@LibertyMapper]

Thanks for bringing this up. Yeah I know, wrong tense. With "Wenn es einig war" he rather means that the German states stood together (in this context 1870 Noth German Confederation and the southern states). You're right.

[@german_spirit7545]

Liberty HistoryMapping Gerne :)

[@nl396]

Wilhelm II is rolling in his grave over what's going on now.

[@vasilstanev4234]

Sollte "II." in gebrochenen Schriften nicht ganz ausgeshrieben werden? ("Der Zweite")

[@michaelsuarez1126]

Er sagte: ICH HABE NICHT GEWOLT (I DID NOT WANT THIS)

[@Roks672]

0:38 아버지 개인 더 나인 (?) 하지만 -이걸 보는 한국인은 나뿐인걸-

[@dadrich2]

0:15 0:36 1:40 2:01 2:34 2:46

[@CarlosM.FernandezRivera-ez6vr]

I would really like to know the context behind that photo of Wilhelm and Nicholas sharing hats. I wonder if the relationship between the three cousins was really as bad as it's often portrayed in media.

[@joaopadua7134]

From my understanding Nikolas and wilhelm were really fond of each other, not sure about their relation with george

[@r9ia]

0:15 - Start

[@madcat789]

Huh. So that's what he sounds like. Did everyone back then have high pitched voices?

[@saadmanbinwarsi719]

Greeting from his ally Abdul Hamid's subjects

[@JackTheSlayer-ok5eq]

Hello there

[@tom8181]

One hell of a man I am of his blut

[@willemvanstaden3292]

An innocent and well-loved ruler - brought down because his drunken gambler uncle was envious of him.

[@sahilhossain8204]

Lore of Kaiser Wilhelm II.'s speech about WWI. - Address to the German people [TRANSLATED] momentum 100

[@ronaldderooij1774]

I never heard this before. Interesting. The reasons for the war seem a bit thin for me. The only thing I heard was a predisposition of calling everybody enemy that was jelous of German progress. Further, defend the honor or Austria linking it up with the honor of Germany? Very vague. I certainly would not run to enlist on the basis of these vague notions.

[@Mr33500]

Why is it vague? It's well known that the alliance system linked the nations fate quite closely, and Germany losing their only reliable ally (either due to disintegration or them simply ceasing to be a power) would mean Germany's fear of being surrounded would really become true.

[@reedbender1179]

Indeed, and they didn't even bother claiming the Allies had weapons of mass destruction !🤫

[@senormosquito1114]

The Kaiser missed a trick, had he spoken in English - as he was well capable of doing - and addressed the English speaking world there would likely have been no military involvement against Imperial Germany by England and the U.S.

[@philippbock3444]

Why?

[@hofnarrtheclown]

Nah That Would Be Kinda Suspicious And Too Obvious

[@Blitzstudios69]

Heil kaiser! Heil kaiser und Vaterland!! GOTT MIT UNS!!!!

[@ngolon1]

My Father.

[@kraistfenix]

0:13 0:44 1:41

[@farshidrabbani]

So I've changed my opinion and now I'm into him. If the German Empire hadn't fallen and the Monarchy had been saved, it would have been a little chance for Hitler to take over the power, since he couldn't become a monarch; so he couldn't have become the chancellor and the president of Germany at the same time.

[@nascarfast48]

to hear this without music is cursed

[@hofnarrtheclown]

Uh No

[@nascarfast48]

@@hofnarrtheclown you are one of many people to reply to an old comment of mine i don't even care about

[@hofnarrtheclown]

@@nascarfast48 Didn't Know A Disagreement To You Was Something To Care About

[@sliftylovesyou]

Die Feuertaufe?

[@hofnarrtheclown]

​​@@sliftylovesyouWhat ? "Baptism Of Fire" ?!

[@johnharrison5079]

How can I properly cite this?

[@LibertyMapper]

John Harrison Well, just give a link to the video and/or say when and by whom the audio was made. Depends on what you need it for.

[@johnharrison5079]

Liberty Mapper I wanted to cite the speech itself

[@LibertyMapper]

Ah, sorry. I still didn't quite get what you mean by cite. if you mean to just cite a particular passage of the speech, you just need to write down what you see in the subtitles and put it in quotation marks.

[@johnharrison5079]

Liberty Mapper it's all good I had to do quite a bit of research. The speech is called "An das Deutche Volk" and I was able to put the info in

[@LibertyMapper]

Oh, alright. Sorry that I couldn't help. The speech is called "Adress to the German people" German: "An das Deutsche Volke" and it was delivered by Emperor Wilhelm II on the 6th of August 1914 (in case you need the date as well)

[@nice_ol_history]

Restore the Kaiserreich

[@Ghanyu.28]

"Germany was never before overhelmed since it is united." (Not ironic) so true

[@mata_cira389]

Hey i use your speech Wilhelm II?