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Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany in military uniform, wearing a fur hat with a prominent skull emblem and various medals and decorations on his chest.
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Kaiser William II stands in military uniform behind his seated wife Augusta, who holds their young son, Crown Prince Wilhelm, in a formal studio portrait. Painting of the coronation of Kaiser William II in 1888, showing William II in ceremonial uniform surrounded by officials and military officers in an ornate hall with banners. Wilhelm II Kaiser William II stands beside his second wife, Hermine Reuss, on their wedding day. She wears a long gown and wide-brimmed hat; he wears a decorated military uniform and holds a cane.
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American infantry streaming through the captured town of Varennes, France, 1918.This place fell into the hands of the Americans on the first day of the Franco-American assault upon the Argonne-Champagne line. (World War I)
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Who Was the Last German Emperor?
Learn about William II, king of Prussia and the last German emperor.
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German revolution: The last kaiser
Civil unrest and revolution breaking out in the face of Germany's imminent defeat...
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Causes and start of World War I
Overview of the start of World War I, including details of the June 28, 1914, assassination...
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Wilhelm II, the last German emperor.
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Wilhelm II and his first wife, Augusta, with their son William.
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Coronation of William II, 1888.
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Wilhelm II, detail of an oil painting by Paul Beckert, 1890; in the Nationalgalerie,...
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Wilhelm II and Hermine Reuss of Greiz on their wedding day, November 9, 1922.
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