Wilhelm II encouraged Austria-Hungary to adopt an uncompromising line when the war started, and although nominally supreme commander, he did not resist his generals. He supported the grandiose war aims of the generals and of many politicians. These aims ruled out all chance of a compromise peace, and he was forced to abdicate in 1918 when Germany lost the war.
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