This Kaiser Wilhelm II beer stein was given to my uncle L ... the last battle cruiser completed for the Imperial German Navy. Under the terms of the Armistice that ended WWI, the majority of ...

Wilhelm II (Friedrich Viktor Albert ... Once Wilhelm became ‘Kaiser’ his megalomania went on hyperdrive. With the might of the Prussian army behind him he began to build up his navy, a response to the ...

As many people who’ve researched their family tree will know, the more you map out your family tree, the more surprises you’re likely to uncover. You might see startling links between far-flung ...

It’s no secret that Kaiser Wilhelm II enjoyed travelling. In times of peace the head of state was rarely to be found in Potsdam or Berlin; more often he resided in one of the German spa towns or ...

Wilhelm II (1858 – 1941) was particularly active in the expansion of the German Navy in the years building up to the First World War. Following the news of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, the ...

Kaiser Wilhelm II made a famous speech in Hamburg in 1901 ... In order to build an empire, Germany needed to expand their navy to be able to travel across the seas to other countries.