The Emperor himself spoke English without any accent. His mother was English, a daughter of Queen Victoria, and he was raised bilingual. To him the broad German accent of his son was most embarrassing.
+Vagabund92 The reason for that is his connection with the British royal family. I'm quite certain he spoke English with a lot of his English relatives.
Considering that his father was in effect an English speaker from birth (The kaiser's mother being queen victoriea's daughter) I was quite disappointed with his English.
@Richard Schiffman the Hohenzollern were not english. The "Windsors" are actually in parts german. Their original name is Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, or in german Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha.
The Kaiser who was still alive and living in Holland at this time, could speak great English, even better then his son. I don't think any sound records survive of him speaking English, but most observers tell of his strong command of English. Hitler could also speak some English also, but no records of sound survive for him either.
@@rhysnichols8608 More like just lost to time. A great deal of early 20th Century recordings suffered loses...much it from the Wars...directly or indirectly. Indirectly being the chaos of the post-war environments.
The Kaiser was effectively a native English speaker. Supposedly he spoke with an upper class English accent. His mother and grandmother were English, and he spent much of his childhood between England and Germany. However I don’t believe Hitler spoke anything beyond extremely basic English.
Like with Hitler all the recordings is him yelling and only like one recording where he isn't ranting, screaming and raving like a racist genocidal lunatic talking about Soviet tanks.
He speaks English quite well, but you can tell he's still learning because he isn't very fluid with his words and seems like he's searching his brain for the right English words as he's saying them, and is yet to know them by heart.
His father was the one who always loved Britan and spoke fluent english. The Crown-Prince was more attracted toward France and the french language ( which he spoke fluently). But as a member of a ruling house he ofcourse had to speak multiple languages , and was probably not that interested in english. One has to remember that english wasnt the official world language back than as it is now.
English was his native tongue through his mother, British princess/German empress Victoria (while his father, Emperor Frederick III considered himself an Anglophone) and was a native speaker of English himself, evidence to this were letters of communication between him and his mother and other members of the English Royal Family. However, French was the spoken language of all European aristocracies and he too was an avid speaker of the language. As the Kaiser, he had to speak German to his people.
@@ibloodynemesisi1934 That said, Crown Prince Wilhelm built a house in Potsdam (later used as the site of the Potsdam Conference), which was very much in the style of an English country manor house.
I'm shocked... The soundbite "I absolutely believe in the future of my country ... come out top." is usually presented as being spoken by William II not by his son. Shame on you Guido Knopp!
Genau das dachte ich auch. Für Knopps Version spricht nichts als seine eigene Aussage. Dagegen liegt die Aussage des Kronprinzen als historische Aufnahme vor. Von wegen exakte Kopie der Worte des Vaters, ihr linken Monarchiehasser bringt stets die beklopptesten Argumente.
Man kann von Guido Knopp auch nicht viel erwarten. Jedes mal wenn ich eine Doku sehen möchte, schaue ich erst ob sie von Knopp ist.Wenn ja schaue ich sie nicht. Das er Propaganda für Links macht ist kein Geheimnis, selbst Harald Schmidt hat das mal in seiner Sendung gesagt. Knopp ist der neue Göbbels.
It really did screw them over and was the cause of civil unrest, depreciation of their currency, and mass unemployment. Their industrial centers were occupied and cannibalized by France. It made them so bitter enough to accept a radical like Hitler and the Nazi’s.
The Treaty of Versailles was more or less the reason for WW2. They punished Germany way to hard. Many people even say the plan was to destroy the country completely through the treaty of versailles. Taking away Germany’s military (from 4 mio to only 100 thousand) was a big humiliation for them. The country had one of the most advanced military and it was definitely one of the biggest prides of the nation. Another problem was that in the territories that got taken away from them there lived many ethnic Germans who didn’t want to belong to the neighboring countries. Also Germany could’ve never payed the allies with the money they demanded from Germany. The country itself was in a huge economic crises. It was only a matter of time before another war would break out. (And don’t forget that they lost all their colonies in Africa and Asia) It was also not fair that Germany had to accept all the war guilt for a war they didn’t even start in the first place.
@@Ahmes_x Read that complete and utter drivel through to the millions of dead from the trenches of Northern France, the Atlantic, the Alps, the Middle East, and everywhere else. Germany chose to invade Belgium, France, Russia, chose to send - once - its navy against Britain; Belgium, France and Russia did not attack Germany, the British navy did not attack the German navy - the aggression was entirely one-way. The mis/dis-information in your comment serves no good to anyone - read a history book, then try to understand it.
They punished Germany far harder after 1945, with much more reparations actually paid by Germany up until 2010, and look at the result: 40 years of peace in Europe!
@@bekluwe The whole reason I know about the crown prince video is because I was watching a documentary on kaiser Wilhelm where he was wrongfully given credit for his son's voice. It said he was in exile in Austria. It's not his dad speaking. It's the voice from this interview
His father Wilhelm II was the head of state during WW1. He was the heir to the Imperial throne, and would have been Wilhelm III, but the monarchy was abolished before he could ascend to the throne.
Why german always speak fluently in english? Remind me of one of the ww1 veteran, once he said, i heard the german start talking to me in english, he speak very fluently while we also cannot speak in german
His grandmother was Queen Victoria. Of course he spoke English. As for Germans in general, English is a far more universal language, so it's logical that many Germans would speak it.
1) He’s a high-born noble, son of the Kaiser, and heir apparent so he had a world-class education from the top tutors of Europe and likely spoke several languages. 2) Germans in general understand the world we live in is multicultural so they often learn the languages of trade and business: being often English and French. Continental Europeans tend to polyglots naturally due to living in close proximity. Germans often learn English in primary school so something like 60%-85% can speak English source depending as was expected if he had become Kaiser.
The crown prince was planning on going on a hunting trip with the American ambassador to Alaska just before the war broke out and also wanted to tour some of America's large cities but unfortunately the war broke out and he was unable to.
Knowing what we know now about the Versailles Treaty, and particularly the economic scheming of the British Empire and France on Central Europe, we should have never supported it. It was only the catalyst for a volcanic eruption of vengeance and resentment that would come.
It was a typical war treaty, in fact for the European powers at the time it didn't seem that harsh, though the treaties that effectively destroyed the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires were much worse.
The Crown Prince would have made a better Kaiser than his dad. He was a good fellow, and comes across as such here. Yes, he wanted the monarchy restored, but eventually resigned himself to political reality, and was always a loyal citizen, who truly and deeply loved his country. Kronprinz Wilhelm, hoch!
Monocle Lord That's because father already was a decent Kaiser. Until the end of the war he was very much loved by the german people. Sadly the war and it's propaganda made him one of the most hated persons in europe...
@@ozshaul5687 I think we could have negotiated Alsace-Lorraine, but our leaders were salty bastards and took the opportunity to ally to Russia who'd declare war on Austria thinking Germany wouldn't go to help them but guess what, it happened. WW1 was a fucking dice roll and nothing shall be ignored about that fact, Lenin was a dice roll, Belgium was a dice roll, Zimmerman was a dice roll, the mustard gas was a dice roll, even the first tanks were dice rolls, some just didn't work.
He was an intensely reactionary and a fairly unpopular person within Germany. Many diaries of his contemporaries note that he was much like his father, in other words, an erratic asshat
Both the German emperor and his son, the crown Prince were born in the nineteenth century, the Kaiser went into exile after abdicating and his son formally relinquished all claims to the throne of Germany, this was why he was allowed to stay in Germany after the monarchy was abolished. He died in 1951 at the age of 69.
If I remember my history, the crown prince was in command of the army opposite the French during their army’s great mutiny during the Great War. When he received reports that the French had abandoned their trenches, he refused to believe it. He let the easiest of victories simply slip through his hands and we all know where that eventually led to.
He was being diplomatic in the interview. Who knows what he wanted? Well, money and restoration of the monarchy, of course. But if he imagined that the Nazis would do that he was sadly delusional.
Throughout history or atleast in the past 200 years we have criticized and dehumanized royals of many houses. However these royals were some of the most intelligent people and they predicted the downfall of society that we live in.
The same forces that brought them down are the ones that have been trying to take down western societies for the past hundred plus years up until this very minute
Never worked a day in his life serving in the military and fighting in Verdun, not to mention his political role of the nation, you think the German health care system and pentions just appeard out of nothing and monarchs were just chilling ut all happend there.
He was the grandson of Queen Victoria and his cousin was Tsar Nicolas II, who was also fluent in English. Vladimir Putin can also speak English quite well, but he doesn't want you to know that, among other things
Actually the Kaiser was first cousin to Tsar Nicholas’s wife, the former princess Alexandra of Hesse-Darmstadt whose mother, princess Alice was the younger sister of the Kaiser’s mother, Princess Victoria- Louise of Great Britain. The Kaiser and Nicholas II weren’t actually “blood cousins.” King George V on the other hand was first cousin with the Kaiser as his father & the Kaiser’s mother were siblings. His mother, Queen Alexandra’s was the elder sister of the dowager Empress Maria of Russia, Nicholas II’s mother.
Most Royals spoke multiple languages, English being one of them. Despite or people might think, even 100 years ago, there were plenty of Germans that spoke English. As of 2023, I can guarantee every ethnic German living in Germany speaks English and most speak a lot better than most Americans.
People talking about how good his English is of course its good his father Kaiser Wilhelm II is half English with his mother being Queen Victoria's daughter
Well, yes, but language isn't passed on with the genes. He learned English, as his father did, who also spoke it as well as a native speaker. Many people are unaware of the ties between the Hohenzollerns and the English, going all the way back to the 18th century. There was a lot of intermarriage between the Hohenzollerns and the Hannoverians. Before Germany was united, those ties formed a foundation for German and British friendship, and even alliance in common causes.
The Crown Prince did not visit America but his uncle, Prince Henry, did visit America in 1902 and was quite popular especially in the American cities with large German-American populations such as Hoboken, Cincinatti, Chicago, etc. You can find old books at archive.org for free PDF download which were current at the time talking about Prince Henry's visit to America. They are an interesting travel back in time to see what Americans thought about Germany and Germans in the years before WW1.
Yes Germany lost the war because the German people began to revolt, German soldiers were beginning to abandon their posts on the western front because their families back home couldn’t get bread, they didn’t know what they were fighting for as Germany was on the cusps of revolution and the Kaiser was forced to abdicate to end the war and save the country from plunging into utter chaos!
No. His son, Louis Ferdinand, did, however. He spent time in Detroit, among other places, and became a friend of Henry Ford. Louis Ferdinand was interested in engineering. He also met Roosevelt. He distanced himself from the Nazis, and after the war, enjoyed a good reputation. There were many who wanted him to run for Bundespraesident. He declined, though, because he did not want to renounce his claim to a German throne.
@@palastofhistory4026 What evidence do you have to support the statement that Wilhelm was in the resistance and was involved in Valkyrie? I have never even heard such a statement before.
“GeRmaNy StArTeD wW1” “WhIlHeLm 2nd WaS a MaaaAd MAn” “TrEaTy Of VeRsAiLlEs wAs JuStIfiEd” - people still actually think this way, you will see some of these fools in the comment section, so please, be careful!
The first one isn't true. The second one, depends on interpretation but given he had Empire envy and was desperate for Germany to expand you could argue yes it was. As for the last one, Germany may not have started it but they contributed the most to it so its reasonable that they pay for most of the damage.
Honestly i think Germany did ignite the powder keg that was 1914 Europe. However, its not like the whole situation was entirely Germanys fault. Its pretty likely that if Germany didnt support Austria-Hungary, the war wouldnt break out for some months or even years, but i dont think it changes a lot in the grand scheme of things. Wilhelm II was an idiot though. I dont think he was a mad man, and i also think people generally overestimate how much real power he had in 1914. He did try to prevent the war in some ways, so its pretty safe to assume he wasnt a warmongering mad man, but his efforts were quite poor to say the least. The treaty of Versailles wasnt justified. But thats a lot of hindsight and one can easily understand how especially the French felt after WW1. Im glad the allies learnt and did most stuff right post 1945 with regards to Germany.
@@vanessaxoax7646 I see your point, but don’t forget Russia was a key escalator, they chose to go to war in support of Serbian state terrorism, if you want to point the finger at Germany for issuing a ‘blank cheque’ you must also call out Russia’s unconditional support for the Serbs.
In my alternate History Kronprinz Wilhelm does come to America, with the Kriegsmarine on the shore and the Wehrmacht rolling their Panzers atop my soil. In 1947 he goes to America well after the conquest to sign the treaty of Washington where the victors (German Reich, Japanese Empire and Iberian Empire) meet the vanquished (USA and Mexico). The United States is divided similar to man in the High Castle with the Governor of North Dakota was appointed to oversee the assimilation into the Reich.
@@taylor.rafferty It caused nothing of the short, Weimar Germany had enjoyed a good deal of prosperity in the late twenties which was then ended by the Great Depression. In fact, the reparations in an odd sense were helping the German economy become the Dawes Plan has supplied Germany will quite alot of US capital to pay them, which of course they never did
Vor allem, weil er den guten Hindenburg mit überrredet hat, Hitler zum Reichskanzler zu machen....., mit ner englischen Grossmutter sollte der Akzent aber nicht so ausgeprägt sein......
The Kaiser did not start WW1. Germany was merely an ally to the Austrians who were rightfully defending their right as a great power against Serbia. Germany was pulled into war by it's ally. Serbia fired the first shot, Germany and Austria were merely defending themselves. I do not recall the Kronprinz ever supporting Hitler, if he did, it was likely only to restore the monarchy in Germany, rather than antisemitism or any sort of ideological alignments. His relationship with Hitler was only fueled by a desire to return to power, he was even approached by those who formed the July 20th plot to overthrow Hitler, however he turned them done. To say he supported Hitler is a bit of an exaggeration.
Deutschland 1871 Its not that germany was the direct starter of the war, its that Wilhelm said he was going to support AH if they went to war. If he said he will not support a war it is likely that Germany, austria, russia, and serbia wouldve worked out a solution to the assassination
The Hohenzollern of Prussia should lost their right of rulling the imperial Germany, a new German Emperor should be chosen amongs the other german royal familys; the Bavarian royal family, the Saxen royal family, the Würtemberg royal family or the Hannoverian royal family.
The Crown Prince was delusional that Hitler would restore the monarchy! Hitler did not mind aristocrats but he saw no purpose in restoring the monarchy when he was already the absolute leader of the German republic!
I'm loving his aristocratic English/German accent.
Frank Paul Lomas I think we was a little "light in the loafers "🌸
He wasn't. They simple had a different speech pattern; proper prononciation was of great value.
The Emperor himself spoke English without any accent. His mother was English, a daughter of Queen Victoria, and he was raised bilingual. To him the broad German accent of his son was most embarrassing.
Thats basically the only thing to love about him.
@@immaggiethesenilegoldenret7918 Not hardly. He was notorious for his affairs with women.
His english is better than the english of some modern german representatives :D
+Vagabund92 The reason for that is his connection with the British royal family. I'm quite certain he spoke English with a lot of his English relatives.
Considering that his father was in effect an English speaker from birth (The kaiser's mother being queen victoriea's daughter) I was quite disappointed with his English.
Hahahahahha
@@frankpaullomas1767 Indeed, he even spoke Englishw with a British accent, he learnt English before German
@Richard Schiffman the Hohenzollern were not english. The "Windsors" are actually in parts german.
Their original name is Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, or in german Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha.
I love how the Crown Prince just offers two fingers to that unworthy media culprit. Great.
It's because he's holding a cig with two fingers.
1:21 Kronprinz Wilhelm accurately describes the Kaiserreich mod.
The Kaiser who was still alive and living in Holland at this time, could speak great English, even better then his son. I don't think any sound records survive of him speaking English, but most observers tell of his strong command of English. Hitler could also speak some English also, but no records of sound survive for him either.
Wonder why? Perhaps they said things the establishment doesn’t want people knowing
@@rhysnichols8608 tf are you talking about ? We already know.
@@rhysnichols8608 More like just lost to time.
A great deal of early 20th Century recordings suffered loses...much it from the Wars...directly or indirectly. Indirectly being the chaos of the post-war environments.
The Kaiser was effectively a native English speaker. Supposedly he spoke with an upper class English accent. His mother and grandmother were English, and he spent much of his childhood between England and Germany.
However I don’t believe Hitler spoke anything beyond extremely basic English.
Like with Hitler all the recordings is him yelling and only like one recording where he isn't ranting, screaming and raving like a racist genocidal lunatic talking about Soviet tanks.
He speaks English quite well, but you can tell he's still learning because he isn't very fluid with his words and seems like he's searching his brain for the right English words as he's saying them, and is yet to know them by heart.
His father was the one who always loved Britan and spoke fluent english. The Crown-Prince was more attracted toward France and the french language ( which he spoke fluently). But as a member of a ruling house he ofcourse had to speak multiple languages , and was probably not that interested in english. One has to remember that english wasnt the official world language back than as it is now.
@@ibloodynemesisi1934 True... French was.
His mother was English and he had in-depth conversations with his cousins and grandmother
English was his native tongue through his mother, British princess/German empress Victoria (while his father, Emperor Frederick III considered himself an Anglophone) and was a native speaker of English himself, evidence to this were letters of communication between him and his mother and other members of the English Royal Family. However, French was the spoken language of all European aristocracies and he too was an avid speaker of the language. As the Kaiser, he had to speak German to his people.
@@ibloodynemesisi1934 That said, Crown Prince Wilhelm built a house in Potsdam (later used as the site of the Potsdam Conference), which was very much in the style of an English country manor house.
A complete gentleman
Ein Faschist und Freund Hitlers. 👹Verbrecher im Smoking.Achtet auf das was er getan hat und nicht auf sein Getue.
I'm shocked... The soundbite "I absolutely believe in the future of my country ... come out top." is usually presented as being spoken by William II not by his son. Shame on you Guido Knopp!
Again realized there was still hope the the monarchy would be restore
st r you're right! unbelievable! a perfect copy of his father's speech!
AdderEMD or rather the other way round.
Genau das dachte ich auch. Für Knopps Version spricht nichts als seine eigene Aussage. Dagegen liegt die Aussage des Kronprinzen als historische Aufnahme vor. Von wegen exakte Kopie der Worte des Vaters, ihr linken Monarchiehasser bringt stets die beklopptesten Argumente.
Man kann von Guido Knopp auch nicht viel erwarten. Jedes mal wenn ich eine Doku sehen möchte, schaue ich erst ob sie von Knopp ist.Wenn ja schaue ich sie nicht. Das er Propaganda für Links macht ist kein Geheimnis, selbst Harald Schmidt hat das mal in seiner Sendung gesagt. Knopp ist der neue Göbbels.
What a distinguished looking , pleasant man. He resembles his great grandson,Crown Prince, Georg Friedrich
he seems like a very nice man
His resemblance, particularly about the eyes, to his second cousin the Duke of Windsor is quite striking.
"I absolutely belive in the future of my country" da bekomme ich immer Gänsehaut.
Warum?
Selbstverständlich sollte man lieber nicht an die Zukunft seines eigenen Landes glauben. Depression ist ja viel cooler.
Wilhelm III. Damn, boy. That's really good English, especially for a man who really didn't have to learn it at all.
William Nuno It helps to have queen Victoria as a grandmother
THIS GUY.. is now my hero.
About what?
@ Aw, come on.
The treaty of Versailles wasn't that bad, it's not like it started a world war or anything...
@@Axyr well, it was nothing, just like carrying two barrels full of cash to buy a piece of bread. Everyday routine, you know.
@@coatofarms4439 OP loves nazis but is too afraid to say it clearly.
@@Axyr
Have you heard of the brest litvosk treaty?
Germany will alsways come out top .
The treaty of Versailles was an absolut atrocity to my country, it was way too harsh.
A true German, blaming unemployment on the treaty of Versailles
Wich is true
Treaty of versailles basically caused ww2 to happen
It really did screw them over and was the cause of civil unrest, depreciation of their currency, and mass unemployment. Their industrial centers were occupied and cannibalized by France. It made them so bitter enough to accept a radical like Hitler and the Nazi’s.
in USA you would blame the unemployed for unemployment
It seems he had never heard of the Great Depression...
The Treaty of Versailles was more or less the reason for WW2. They punished Germany way to hard. Many people even say the plan was to destroy the country completely through the treaty of versailles. Taking away Germany’s military (from 4 mio to only 100 thousand) was a big humiliation for them. The country had one of the most advanced military and it was definitely one of the biggest prides of the nation. Another problem was that in the territories that got taken away from them there lived many ethnic Germans who didn’t want to belong to the neighboring countries. Also Germany could’ve never payed the allies with the money they demanded from Germany. The country itself was in a huge economic crises. It was only a matter of time before another war would break out. (And don’t forget that they lost all their colonies in Africa and Asia)
It was also not fair that Germany had to accept all the war guilt for a war they didn’t even start in the first place.
You said it man!
@@Ahmes_x
Read that complete and utter drivel through to the millions of dead from the trenches of Northern France, the Atlantic, the Alps, the Middle East, and everywhere else.
Germany chose to invade Belgium, France, Russia, chose to send - once - its navy against Britain; Belgium, France and Russia did not attack Germany, the British navy did not attack the German navy - the aggression was entirely one-way.
The mis/dis-information in your comment serves no good to anyone - read a history book, then try to understand it.
It's tragic what they one treaty caused
They punished Germany far harder after 1945, with much more reparations actually paid by Germany up until 2010, and look at the result: 40 years of peace in Europe!
Kaiser wilhelm iii
1:20 I heard the same words from his father Wilhelm II. In one interview he gave in exile in the Netherlands. Look it up it’s true!
It's him speaking not his father. They were wrong saying it was Kaiser Wilhelm II
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I said that the prince was saying some lines which were identical to one’s which his father said in an interview.
@@bekluwe The whole reason I know about the crown prince video is because I was watching a documentary on kaiser Wilhelm where he was wrongfully given credit for his son's voice. It said he was in exile in Austria. It's not his dad speaking. It's the voice from this interview
Yes the ‘documentary’ is full of nonsense, it wrongly attributed this recording to the kaiser, and also paints him as a war monger and maniac
What caused the Great Depression?
Leader of Germany in World War I: *IT WAS THAT DAMN TREATY!*
I think there might be a little bias.
His father Wilhelm II was the head of state during WW1. He was the heir to the Imperial throne, and would have been Wilhelm III, but the monarchy was abolished before he could ascend to the throne.
Why german always speak fluently in english? Remind me of one of the ww1 veteran, once he said, i heard the german start talking to me in english, he speak very fluently while we also cannot speak in german
They don't but they consume a lot of our media while the reverse hasn't always been true unless you were royalty or in the sciences or math etc
His grandmother was Queen Victoria. Of course he spoke English.
As for Germans in general, English is a far more universal language, so it's logical that many Germans would speak it.
@@ender7278 Ah, but before the fall of the Wall, the East Germans learned Russian first, the same way the West Germans learned English.
1) He’s a high-born noble, son of the Kaiser, and heir apparent so he had a world-class education from the top tutors of Europe and likely spoke several languages.
2) Germans in general understand the world we live in is multicultural so they often learn the languages of trade and business: being often English and French. Continental Europeans tend to polyglots naturally due to living in close proximity. Germans often learn English in primary school so something like 60%-85% can speak English source depending as was expected if he had become Kaiser.
Kaiserreich brought me here so I can hear Kaiser Wilhelm III voice.
Respect for his Highness!
Georg Wilhelm 1831 - 1906 buried in South Africa Burgersdorp.
Son George Frederich Wilhelm 1858 - 1918 buried in South Africa Barclay East.
He looks a lot like Queen Victoria. 😮
Waren ja auch verwandt.Sein Vater war ein ENKEL von Queen Victoria !
The crown prince was planning on going on a hunting trip with the American ambassador to Alaska just before the war broke out and also wanted to tour some of America's large cities but unfortunately the war broke out and he was unable to.
Knowing what we know now about the Versailles Treaty, and particularly the economic scheming of the British Empire and France on Central Europe, we should have never supported it. It was only the catalyst for a volcanic eruption of vengeance and resentment that would come.
It was a typical war treaty, in fact for the European powers at the time it didn't seem that harsh, though the treaties that effectively destroyed the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires were much worse.
The Crown Prince would have made a better Kaiser than his dad. He was a good fellow, and comes across as such here. Yes, he wanted the monarchy restored, but eventually resigned himself to political reality, and was always a loyal citizen, who truly and deeply loved his country. Kronprinz Wilhelm, hoch!
Monocle Lord That's because father already was a decent Kaiser. Until the end of the war he was very much loved by the german people. Sadly the war and it's propaganda made him one of the most hated persons in europe...
I agree with you there
This is this Kaiser..............
@@ozshaul5687 I think we could have negotiated Alsace-Lorraine, but our leaders were salty bastards and took the opportunity to ally to Russia who'd declare war on Austria thinking Germany wouldn't go to help them but guess what, it happened.
WW1 was a fucking dice roll and nothing shall be ignored about that fact, Lenin was a dice roll, Belgium was a dice roll, Zimmerman was a dice roll, the mustard gas was a dice roll, even the first tanks were dice rolls, some just didn't work.
He was an intensely reactionary and a fairly unpopular person within Germany. Many diaries of his contemporaries note that he was much like his father, in other words, an erratic asshat
Hello Son.
Ok i am curious, is Kaiser still living in his exiles in the Netherlands? By the way his english his grandeur, Victoria would be proud
No. Wilhelm II died in 1941.
Both the German emperor and his son, the crown Prince were born in the nineteenth century, the Kaiser went into exile after abdicating and his son formally relinquished all claims to the throne of Germany, this was why he was allowed to stay in Germany after the monarchy was abolished. He died in 1951 at the age of 69.
If I remember my history, the crown prince was in command of the army opposite the French during their army’s great mutiny during the Great War. When he received reports that the French had abandoned their trenches, he refused to believe it. He let the easiest of victories simply slip through his hands and we all know where that eventually led to.
Yes, you are correct.
Kronprinz 💋
He is quarter english
So?
He was being diplomatic in the interview. Who knows what he wanted? Well, money and restoration of the monarchy, of course. But if he imagined that the Nazis would do that he was sadly delusional.
Tbf he couldn't see 13 years in the future
@@adammackay1174 you mean one this is 1932 nazi overtake 1933
Tbf he realised this soon enough and distanced himself from them, though he remained in Germany.
Throughout history or atleast in the past 200 years we have criticized and dehumanized royals of many houses. However these royals were some of the most intelligent people and they predicted the downfall of society that we live in.
The same forces that brought them down are the ones that have been trying to take down western societies for the past hundred plus years up until this very minute
Shit ! He's right !
Without his Father there wouldn t be a Versailles
Спасибо Ютуб спустят 11лет.
Speaking of employment, being a blue blood he never worked a day in his life.
Never worked a day in his life serving in the military and fighting in Verdun, not to mention his political role of the nation, you think the German health care system and pentions just appeard out of nothing and monarchs were just chilling ut all happend there.
Looks a lot like his father but without the mustache.
He was the grandson of Queen Victoria and his cousin was Tsar Nicolas II, who was also fluent in English.
Vladimir Putin can also speak English quite well, but he doesn't want you to know that, among other things
Great grandson of Queen Victoria.
Actually the Kaiser was first cousin to Tsar Nicholas’s wife, the former princess Alexandra of Hesse-Darmstadt whose mother, princess Alice was the younger sister of the Kaiser’s mother, Princess Victoria- Louise of Great Britain.
The Kaiser and Nicholas II weren’t actually “blood cousins.”
King George V on the other hand was first cousin with the Kaiser as his father & the Kaiser’s mother were siblings.
His mother, Queen Alexandra’s was the elder sister of the dowager Empress Maria of Russia, Nicholas II’s mother.
Most Royals spoke multiple languages, English being one of them. Despite or people might think, even 100 years ago, there were plenty of Germans that spoke English. As of 2023, I can guarantee every ethnic German living in Germany speaks English and most speak a lot better than most Americans.
Look its me on TV
Rather, on chemical photography.
Had no idea Wilhelm could speak English
People talking about how good his English is of course its good his father Kaiser Wilhelm II is half English with his mother being Queen Victoria's daughter
Well, yes, but language isn't passed on with the genes. He learned English, as his father did, who also spoke it as well as a native speaker.
Many people are unaware of the ties between the Hohenzollerns and the English, going all the way back to the 18th century. There was a lot of intermarriage between the Hohenzollerns and the Hannoverians. Before Germany was united, those ties formed a foundation for German and British friendship, and even alliance in common causes.
Lore of Deutscher Kronprinz Wilhelm complete Interview in Fox Movietone News 1932 momentum 100
This is Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm.
Did he ever visit America?
Sadly, no. A shame, as he probably would have been quite popular with the people.
ReichfeuherS yes
Yes, south America, especially Ecuador. He and his grand child Prince Louis Ferdinand
The Crown Prince did not visit America but his uncle, Prince Henry, did visit America in 1902 and was quite popular especially in the American cities with large German-American populations such as Hoboken, Cincinatti, Chicago, etc.
You can find old books at archive.org for free PDF download which were current at the time talking about Prince Henry's visit to America. They are an interesting travel back in time to see what Americans thought about Germany and Germans in the years before WW1.
No, but his son did and worked at Henry Ford's
Goodness, he looks like the Windsors
fuckin' WOW!
If you are Scottish lord, then *I am Mickey Mouse.*
The next German emperor in line. 🤗
das war sein pech . direkt nach dem krieg um die ecke gebracht worden
Gonna show this to anyone who downplays US involvement in WW1
Ist das eigentlich der Kronprinz, den Joseph Roth in "Das Spinnennetz" skizziert hat?
Suprisingly a good fella.
Is this Wilhelm II?
No. This is his son, also named Wilhelm.
Wilhem iii
The third
ofcourse he thinks the reason of unemployment is the treaty of versailles
The way they act feels like this was staged.
Un bueno para nada en Todo su Esplendor
Of course he is gonna blame the treaty of Versailles for unemployment💀
Yes Germany lost the war because the German people began to revolt, German soldiers were beginning to abandon their posts on the western front because their families back home couldn’t get bread, they didn’t know what they were fighting for as Germany was on the cusps of revolution and the Kaiser was forced to abdicate to end the war and save the country from plunging into utter chaos!
2:38 I came here to get 'em suckin' on my balls
Long live the Kaiserreich! Long Live Kaiser Wilhelm III!
He have had a bad habit - smoking
Did he ever visit America
No. His son, Louis Ferdinand, did, however. He spent time in Detroit, among other places, and became a friend of Henry Ford. Louis Ferdinand was interested in engineering. He also met Roosevelt. He distanced himself from the Nazis, and after the war, enjoyed a good reputation. There were many who wanted him to run for Bundespraesident. He declined, though, because he did not want to renounce his claim to a German throne.
@@theBaron0530 he was also in the german resistance against hitler and was involved in operation valkyrie
@@palastofhistory4026 What evidence do you have to support the statement that Wilhelm was in the resistance and was involved in Valkyrie? I have never even heard such a statement before.
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(Sorry for the late response) not crown prince wilhelm iam talking about his son
Louis Ferdinand of prussia
@@palastofhistory4026Thanks for clarifying!
“GeRmaNy StArTeD wW1”
“WhIlHeLm 2nd WaS a MaaaAd MAn”
“TrEaTy Of VeRsAiLlEs wAs JuStIfiEd”
- people still actually think this way, you will see some of these fools in the comment section, so please, be careful!
The first one isn't true. The second one, depends on interpretation but given he had Empire envy and was desperate for Germany to expand you could argue yes it was. As for the last one, Germany may not have started it but they contributed the most to it so its reasonable that they pay for most of the damage.
Honestly i think Germany did ignite the powder keg that was 1914 Europe. However, its not like the whole situation was entirely Germanys fault. Its pretty likely that if Germany didnt support Austria-Hungary, the war wouldnt break out for some months or even years, but i dont think it changes a lot in the grand scheme of things.
Wilhelm II was an idiot though. I dont think he was a mad man, and i also think people generally overestimate how much real power he had in 1914. He did try to prevent the war in some ways, so its pretty safe to assume he wasnt a warmongering mad man, but his efforts were quite poor to say the least.
The treaty of Versailles wasnt justified. But thats a lot of hindsight and one can easily understand how especially the French felt after WW1.
Im glad the allies learnt and did most stuff right post 1945 with regards to Germany.
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I see your point, but don’t forget Russia was a key escalator, they chose to go to war in support of Serbian state terrorism, if you want to point the finger at Germany for issuing a ‘blank cheque’ you must also call out Russia’s unconditional support for the Serbs.
Funny and sad man
Everyone in the German army said he sucks
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Das ist die Stimme von Wilhelm II., nicht vom Kronprinz!
In my alternate History Kronprinz Wilhelm does come to America, with the Kriegsmarine on the shore and the Wehrmacht rolling their Panzers atop my soil. In 1947 he goes to America well after the conquest to sign the treaty of Washington where the victors (German Reich, Japanese Empire and Iberian Empire) meet the vanquished (USA and Mexico). The United States is divided similar to man in the High Castle with the Governor of North Dakota was appointed to oversee the assimilation into the Reich.
That is just fanfiction bud.
So, thankfully there is no such alternate History.
I love how he blames unem0loyment on the treaty of Versailles he is definatly german lol
@Brauny48 It did indeed cause a crippling effect on German employment. You don’t need to be a German nationalist to see that
@@taylor.rafferty It caused nothing of the short, Weimar Germany had enjoyed a good deal of prosperity in the late twenties which was then ended by the Great Depression. In fact, the reparations in an odd sense were helping the German economy become the Dawes Plan has supplied Germany will quite alot of US capital to pay them, which of course they never did
Das ist nicht Kronprinz willhelm!
A 1000 years dinasty, and it all ends with this "creature" holding a cigarette and barely articulating a complete idea.
It never ended hohenzollerns are stil there he was the crown prince BTW
Not the emperor
@@palastofhistory4026 Wake up to reality man, the Hohenzollern dynasty and the nobility don't even exist officially anymore in Germany.
Vor allem, weil er den guten Hindenburg mit überrredet hat, Hitler zum Reichskanzler zu machen....., mit ner englischen Grossmutter sollte der Akzent aber nicht so ausgeprägt sein......
He supported the Kaiser who started WW1 and he supported Hitler. Enough said.
The Kaiser did not start WW1. Germany was merely an ally to the Austrians who were rightfully defending their right as a great power against Serbia. Germany was pulled into war by it's ally. Serbia fired the first shot, Germany and Austria were merely defending themselves. I do not recall the Kronprinz ever supporting Hitler, if he did, it was likely only to restore the monarchy in Germany, rather than antisemitism or any sort of ideological alignments. His relationship with Hitler was only fueled by a desire to return to power, he was even approached by those who formed the July 20th plot to overthrow Hitler, however he turned them done. To say he supported Hitler is a bit of an exaggeration.
You're extremely uneducated, enough said.
Deutschland 1871 Its not that germany was the direct starter of the war, its that Wilhelm said he was going to support AH if they went to war. If he said he will not support a war it is likely that Germany, austria, russia, and serbia wouldve worked out a solution to the assassination
Wilhelm II. fought for peace like no other head of state in 1914.
you are a communist liar! enough said!
The Hohenzollern of Prussia should lost their right of rulling the imperial Germany, a new German Emperor should be chosen amongs the other german royal familys; the Bavarian royal family, the Saxen royal family, the Würtemberg royal family or the Hannoverian royal family.
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He is pathetic
Why?
The Crown Prince was delusional that Hitler would restore the monarchy! Hitler did not mind aristocrats but he saw no purpose in restoring the monarchy when he was already the absolute leader of the German republic!
Such an awful prince.
He was instructed to stay out of politics damn it.
Then he endorsed Hitler.
Where did he endorse him?
Only fucking idiots say that crown Prince Wilhelm supported hitler he hated Hitler
@@-Dazai- He was literally a member of the SA and regularly campaigned for the NSDAP
@@KaiserFranzJosefI he just wasn’t though
@@-Dazai- Deny reality as much as you please