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Part One: Kaiser Wilhelm: The Saddest Warlord In History

Behind the Bastards

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Is There Anything With More Potential for Danger?

The kid who would become Kaiser Wilhelm was Queen Victoria's first grandchild. In a letter to his grandmother, his mother wrote: "I am so thankful, so happy he is a boy" There's more detail on the early life of this guy than any other person I've covered on the show,. which is probably why I'm more sympathetic about this guy. When you have that much detail to draw on, like it's hard not to feel some sympathy for a kid.

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