Was Wilhelm II The Worst Kaiser? | Response to JustTheFacts

After a viewer suggested for me to make a response video to a Youtuber called JustTheFacts on Kaiser Wilhelm II, and being freshly back from vacation, I decided to make a response video on my own in order to make up the 2 weeks without content. Wilhelm is far from being the worst Kaiser ever as JustTheFacts portrays him to be, and you will bear witness to why.

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Lavader, JustTheFacts, Worst Kaiser Ever, Wilhelm II, German Empire, JustTheFacts Response, world war 1, the great war, central powers, Kaiserreich, Otto von Bismarck.

[Lavader_]

I am definitely aware of the recent situation with JustTheFacts and how he has disappeared off of the Internet. All I can really say is that I hope he faces justice as well as gets the help he needed.

[titanderp]

You can tell he's an expert historian when he uses HOI4 music and portraits

[xSAINTPERKx]

Very sad that Entante propaganda is still prevelant even in today's modern world.

[hans]

Austria-Hungary: semi-industrialized, unstable empire with a shitty army
Russia: barely industrialized (improving later), extremely unstable empire with an extremely shitty army that got beaten up constantly

Anglos: "He chose Austria over Russia, what an idiot!"

[farmonxqc]

not only have I learnt a lot, but my love for the German empire has grown. Nice video!

[nilsmadej]

I'm so glad that you made this video!
I actually considered making one myself at some point because of how stupid it was.
It really doesn't take much to debunk it which only shows how how little effort he puts in his videos and forces us to make the effort to debunk it.
It's literally just one book that would help (the innocence of kaiser wilhelm ii).
And the funniest thing is that he despite "dunking on the libs" is himself a liberal.

[tatenokaienjoyer]

Best Kaiser, made his country the most ''progresive'' in Europe, unlike the French rEpUblIc they actually took care of their workers. Tough it was a shit situation in Europe. Willhelm didn't want war, neither did Franz Joseph and Istvan Tisza of Austria-Hungary. Sadly provocations and warmongorers (among other reasons) like Hötzendorf and Serbia made it happen.

[Ushmadand]

To me it looks like JustTheFacts was too focused on the entertainment of the video alongside doing only surface level research

[diedonau]

JustTheFacts be like
Russian empire oppressing and killing minorities and peasants: o my gosh, so based and redpilled
Wilhelm II improving the lives of Germans: o my gosh he’s a lunatic

[BalenCM]

Incredible video, really good response. JustTheFacts' video kind of convinced me before and you have now completely changed my mind, this makes much more sense and is held up with good sources and arguments

[laisphinto]

22:48 that is the dumbest thing i ever heard especially considering the germn french war, the french Literally begged for revenge after 1871 . this was the original varsailles the french had every Intention of going to war against germany at some point

[cjmeyer]

Great video! Im German and i hate it how the west demonized Wilhelm and blamed everything on him. Its just not right. I support a Monarchy for my country and i think is unfair how History blamed Wilhelm and Germany for all the worst in the world. Sure things also didnt whent as they should but thats how every Nation is. I dream sometimes about to returning back to that time where the world was at peace and all nations and people great in there own way. Thank you for this video makes me glad that other people think the same way.

[DPPOfficial]

It is really sad, how Kaiser Wilhelm only wanted to be friends with Britain (mostly because he was Queen Victorias Grandson -> the British being close family) then THEY turn him down many times, but afterwards HE was always and still is often blamed for ruining British/German relationship. In reality, souly for emotional reasons because of that family bond, he would never in his heart wanted to make Britain to be his enemy.

[easy]

Why tf is Russia portrayed as Ben Shapiro.

[BigBearGamer]

Its a shame how in many ways you could say the Entente succeeded in demonizing the Kaiser. All he wanted was a great nation and to be well beloved by his people and especially his family. What he went through during childhood was very brutal and sad. No one talks about this when someone is talking about the Kaiser. I'm a very big fan of him. He went to military school and he was trained to be the Kaiser. Yes he had some grudges towards people but he never wanted to start a war over or be hostile. I think he made alot of good decision like making Germany an industrial power buffing up their military and navy and making friends of Austria Hungary and soon the Ottomans and the Bulgarians which they all had a common enemy. I don't believe Wilhelm II was a terrible Kaiser but I do believe that the probabaganda from the brits, Russians and possibly France made him to be Satan himself.

[nawolith]

It is good to see someone making a way more solid response video to something which seems more like a meme video anyways. Two additions i would have liked to see: 1. Sources. You take the time and use arguments and quotes, if you could give some sources in your description, that would top it of neatly. 2. I do have to debate the purpose of the fleet-expansion. For one, we always have to take official declarations with a hint of salt, so Wilhelm IIs statement about the fleet-purpose should be looked at further. Also there is the whole plan of the Risikoflotte (risk-fleet) by Admiral von Tirpitz, to sort of counterbalance Britains fleet in a time of crisis. Also you said, that the fleet was not meant to be against Britain at all, but follow it up that the trade protection makes it necessary, and to protect the trade against whose blockade? France and Britain.

Otherwise it is good to see someone speak out with more in-depth facts and history.

[funnyclan-]

Gutes Video 👍 schön das du wieder in Deutschland bist hoffe du konntest dich in deinem Urlaub erholen.

[sbevexlr]

Although justthefacts can make good videos that convince you, the way he represents it is truly the worst way to do it, as someone else had mentioned before he uses wojack to represent his argument through one side as (and I hate using this word) the based and red pilled gigachad and the other as the virgin loser it's honestly really pathetic and I hope He changes his ways

[henoch]

Germany was the rising power and England did everything to prevent that. France wanted its lost territories back and so both had the goal of isolating Germany. This was seen in the Morocco crisis.
Germany had no reason to go to war as it became the strongest nation economically and its fleet was getting stronger.
When Russia lost to Japan, the Germans could have taken advantage. But Wilhelm wanted an alliance with Russia, which is the greatest fear of the Anglo-Saxons to this day. The tsar wanted to prevent Russia from mobilizing, but his order was not carried out. after receiving a telegraph from Wilhelm shortly before the war.
Germany had to react quickly to the Russian mobilization because it would find itself in a war on two fronts. Everyone knew that a war would mean the end of the monarchies and that the revolutionary forces in Russia were particularly strong. That's why the tsar had no interest in war. There are quotes where English politicians clearly describe the goal of destroying Germany before it becomes too strong.
The historian Niall Ferguson writes that Germany was not prepared because it did not arm itself enough in peacetime compared to the others.

[AmericaeDominaturOmnibus]

This is such a great video! I never knew half of what you talked about in this video before I watched it and always thought wilhem 2 was a bad monarch. If you're running short on ideas I think a video about who started ww1 would be very helpful, since so many people don't seem to understand who did it.