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Michael Graham Balfour
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Professor of European History, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, 1966–74. Author of The Kaiser and His Times.

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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.
Wilhelm II was the German emperor (kaiser) and king of Prussia from 1888 to the end of World War I in 1918. He became known for his militaristic policies, as displayed in his focus on building up German naval power as a counterweight to Britain, his pursuit of a colonial empire in Africa and Asia,…
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