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Part Two: Kaiser Wilhelm: The Saddest Warlord In History

Behind the Bastards

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You Want to Go in a Month-Long Prank Cruise With the King Boy? Yeah, Yeah.

In January of 1890, Kaiser Wilhelm II told his Crown Council that he would celebrate his 31st birthday with two new proclamations. Bismarck thought that the Kaiser's love of the working people was super dumb. The two fought over this and another fight broke out in March of 1890 when Bismarack entered into negotiations with the leader of the center party. Valderci: If you want to go in a month-long prank cruise with the king boy? Yeah,. imagine just having him on a cruise with him and all of his demons. That's wild.

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