The HORRIFIC Death Of Kaiser Wilhelm II - The Last Emperor Of Germany

In June 1941, after spending decades of his life in isolation Kaiser Wilhelm II, a man who is considered the main warmonger who brought the First World War to Europe died in The Netherlands. He was a man who had animosity for many countries across Europe, and he also would live to see the Second World War break out across the continent, however the Nazis who were now in control of Germany would consider what to do with the body of the former emperor. But Kaiser Wilhelm II was the last emperor of Germany, and he was a man who built Germany up to become a great power which resulted in the First World War, but he was a man who was the eldest grandchild of Queen Victoria the British Queen. He would call the shots following the death of Victoria, and dictated for a death mask to be cast of his grandmother’s face against her will. But as mentioned following the First World War he would flee Germany and he lived out the rest of his life in exile. But what is the story of his death?

[RamblinRick_]

My German language teacher was a child in the Netherlands in the town where the Kaiser lived. As a child, my teacher visited the Kaiser on many occasions. He describe him as a kind man.

[gerardjagroo]

You're getting worse with the clickbait. He just died of illness for heaven's sake!!! 😡 😡😡😡

[pauldiamond]

Um, how exactly does dying in ones sleep count as "horrific"...unless you are a Viking or a Klingon?

[gjc]

I don’t believe you understand the meaning of “horrific”. You need to flesh out your narrative with more specific information and detail; for example, it was his left arm that was damaged in his blotched birth. He blamed his British mother and her doctor for it.

[nellymartinez]

Kaiser wilhelm II died peacefully at a great age for the era, in his own bedroom at his Huis Doorn manor of his own, he was lucky after abdication to be retired in a simple way of life, when the first world war began he was unable to lead it, this war was ended 4 years after because of his unability to stop it, we can't count the amount of young men in all countries who paid the heavy price of their lost life, most of them are still missing and rare ones are discovered and find by dna for the benefit of their families who can finally buried them.

[nancydubusky]

Why is every biography of anyone on the internet entitled the "Horrific death?" We all die of something no matter how famous we are.

[peterselles]

so evry death is horrific to you? i quess its all just clickbait,

[roystone]

HORRIFIC !!!!, i don't think so . His cousin Tzar Nicholas had an horrific death along with his wife and children . Wilhelm II was a vain and petulant man but managed to escape the same end as his cousin by fleeing Germany trainloads of treasure .

[takashitamagawa]

I wouldn't say that he was a warmonger, he certainly wasn't solely responsible for all the death and horror of WWI. Austria-Hungary and Russia bore more direct responsibility for what happened in the summer of 1914. But Germany and Prussia in particular were in the strongest position to stop the war from breaking out and widening. Tragic that his father Frederick III had only a few months on the throne, it seems likely that he would have resisted the more militant elements within the government rather than have Germany embark on an arms buildup and ultimately sign off on the Schlieffen plan to invade France through Belgium. A wiser ruler could have recognized Germany's position in Europe as one of being potentially surrounded by enemies.

While Bismarck did recognize that sobering reality of Germany's situation and who as Chancellor sought out alliances his foreign policy had the flaw of leaving France totally out in the cold.

[aquarius]

OK, my father, who died of lung cancer REALLY had a horrific death, in this case.

[AustinthGenTexan]

Learning of the Kaiser's very comfortable death was so *horrific* that I blew my coffee across the breakfast table! 🤗

[achantus]

A quite normal death for an old man. How is this HORRIFIC? Click bait title.

[richardshiggins]

Drop the "Horrific" title . To die in your 80s is definitely NOT horrific .

[MarciaWilson-hqii]

He died peacefully of old age hardly a horrific death more exaggerated nonsense

[paulbennett]

In the 1974 TV series 'Fall of Eagles', the actor🎭 Barry Foster portrayed Kaiser Wilhelm II; the likeness is uncanny .

[jackyanderson]

He was a real hero. He was defending his land and his people. There is an old adage that whom much is given, much is expected. He was an Emperor and he never wanted his country or his people to be subject to any foreign rule. No head of a family will want any member of his to be subject to another person or people outside the family anyway.
He never wanted that war with Great Britain to the best of my knowledge. Afterrall he has British blood.
But much was given to him to be the defender of his land and his people. So he wasn't a Dictator. He was the father of the land and no father will want /like you to come and mistreat his children for any reason.
The difference between him and his cousin the King of Great Britain was a family feud which he never wanted because he has deep love and respect for his Grandmother Queen Victoria and his maternal land Great Britain.
We who are living in this modern generation should not forget that the Anglo Saxon relationship is one of the oldest in the history of man both in language and culture. Let's eschew our differences in the past and work for a better tomorrow. I love that.

[robleeatheart]

Rather judgemental, although I do understand the author's point of view ... Many historians have considered George V, the Romanovs, the Hapsburgs and the French equally responsible for the horror of WWI, which changed the world irrevocably ...

[paulcorrigan]

I think he was more correctly called German Emperor instead of Emperor of Germany. That was to accommodate the sensitivities of the various kings, dukes, princes and so on of the constituent state of a united Germany.

[ldmx]

He was not the sole person responsible for WW1, i would like to rebuke that the Austrians started the conflict to combat terrorism

[susanc]

I’ve always thought that Bismarck was the real power in Germany up to the 1880’s. Bismarck used force to unite Germany but a also introduced much social reform. Perhaps, they wouldn’t have had WW1 if Wilhelm had listened to Bismarck. To start a war was not declared illegal until the founding of the League of Nations so no matter how bitter everyone was, the Kaiser and his generals could not have been declared criminals for starting a war. How do you think the English Empire was founded? Even though starting a war is now illegal, instigators of war are rarely punished.