Reporter's Notebook: Post remembers Fort Hood victims Nov 11, 2009
The exhibit, which runs through Feb. 6, is a collection of Expressionist prints covering the tumultuous period after the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II in November 1918 through to Adolf Hitlers seizure of power and the subsequent rise of the Third Reich. Joseph Cress covers the borough of Carlisle, plus military news and health care/social services. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Today in History - Nov. 9 Nov 9, 2009
In 1918, it was announced that Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II would abdicate. He then fled to the Netherlands. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
This day in history Nov 9, 2009
In 1918, it was announced that Germany s Kaiser Wilhelm II would abdicate. He then fled to the Netherlands. (Boston Globe)
The Lost Roman Legions Oct 16, 2009
Historians now propose that there would never have been a Franco-German problem, no Charlemagne, no Louis XIV, no Napoleon, no Kaiser Wilhelm II, no Hitler to bend and shape western European history and finally no WW II if Rome had contributed its civilizing influence to Germany's development. The Battle of Teutoberg Forest held enormous consequences for Europe--a major turning point in European history. (Suite101.com)
The Battle of Tsingtao, 1914 Sep 4, 2009
The Germans had wanted Tsingtao to be a Gibraltar of the East, and Kaiser Wilhelm II reputedly said that he would be shamed more by giving Tsingtao to the Japanese than by giving Berlin to the Russians. But the siege took its toll not so much on the German soldiers, but on their defensive emplacements and their ammunition, and the Japanese began seizing key hills and fortifications. (Suite101.com)
Princess Felicitas, descendant of last German emperor Aug 5, 2009
Wilhelm was the son of Crown Prince Wilhelm, the heir of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the last German emperor. Wilhelm II went into exile in the Netherlands after the fall of the monarchy in 1918 following World War I.. (Boston Globe)
Maliki walks a tightrope in Washington Jul 28, 2009
Although Kaiser Wilhelm II was no longer in power after the war, and the entire monarchy was abolished, consecutive German governments had to pay heavily for a war they were not responsible for. Under the infamous Article 231 of the Versailles Treaty, Germany was required to pay the allies 226 billion Reichsmarks in gold - around US$750 billion in today's money - enraging the German people, and eventually producing Adolf Hitler. (Asia Times Online)
'Sunnyside': Charlie Chaplin, a little overdone Jun 25, 2009
They're joined by a considerable cast of characters, more than 40 of whom are listed as "starring" players, including Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Kaiser Wilhelm II and Zasu Pitts. In fact, there are so many characters that some of Gold's creations, such as Rebecca Golod, a con artist disguised as a Girl Scout, see their potential wasted. (USA Today -- Life)
‘Sunnyside’ follows legendary figures in war and in Hollywood Jun 25, 2009
nsterberg, the imagined Buffalo Bill Cody wannabe, Wild Duncan Cody, and Kaiser Wilhelm II.. Plot is incidental. (Boston Globe)
The perils of multipolarity Jun 24, 2009
Unlike Adolf Hitler, Kaiser Wilhelm II was no monster, but he was an ardent nationalist who held the free-trade theories of economists in pretty low repute. Hence like the Kaiser's, the BRIC policy will be one of nationalism rather than globalization, of government-directed protectionism rather than free-market free trade. (Asia Times Online)
The Art Nouveau Masterpiece of Coas... May 11, 2009
Responding to this tragedy, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany sent shiploads of provisions and building supplies. As a result. (Suite101.com)
Visiting Qingdao China May 8, 2009
Qingdao was ceded to Germany in 1898 as a repayment to Kaiser Wilhelm II for the murder of two German missionaries. The German administrators opened Tsingtao brewery in 1903 and spent the next couple of decades building German-style buildings throughout the town until the Japanese took it over in 1914, when it was passed back and forth between Japan and China until Japan's final defeat in 1945. (Suite101.com)
Timeline: The Netherlands Mar 13, 2009
1914-1918 - The Netherlands maintains its neutrality during World War I. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany goes into exile in the Netherlands at the end of the war. Canals, dykes stop water from encroaching on Amsterdam Originated as fishing village of Amsteldam Population: 735,000. (BBC News -- Europe)
F.T.A. – because Hollywood looked the other way Feb 27, 2009
In the 1890s, under Kaiser Wilhelm II, a toady named Diederich (Werner Peters) gets ahead by grovelling. When he rises to a position of power, he relishes the abusive possibilities. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
The New Americans: Peasants by Choice Feb 12, 2009
Russian Tsar Nicholas II, Hapsburg Emperor Franz-Josef, and Kaiser Wilhelm II thought America a silly, frivolous, hopelessly nave country doomed to failure. They were proven wrong when Americas entry into the Great War helped end it. (Townhall.com)
