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Part Two: Kaiser Wilhelm: The Saddest Warlord In History

Behind the Bastards

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The German Empire - A History of the German Empire

In 1897, Nicholas told Wilhelm to get lost. The German Russian alliance withered. Within a couple of years scraps the alliance with Russia and Russia immediately allies with France. So he went from Germany's entire flank to the East,. Being totally protected by a military ally to the nation being surrounded. He's so bad at this too. Like it's not even a slow burn. Like he's expeditiously ruining everything. No, he's a more stupid, faster guy. Very much so. A worst kind of person.

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