Good


  morning

   everyone.

   My

   name

   is

   Keiser

   
Wilhelm

   the

   second

   and

   I

   was

   born

   as

   a

   Prince

   and

   
then

   I

   became

   the

   emperor

   of

   German

   and

   king

   of

   
Prussia

   during

   the

   era

   from

   1888

   to

   1918.

   I

   was

   
born

   in

   Potsdam,

   Germany,

   on

   January

   27,1859.

   
My

   father

   was

   Prince

   Frederick

   Wilhelm

   of

   Prussia

   
and

   my

   beloved

   mother

   was

   Princess

   Victoria

   of

   
England.

   Frankly,

   my

   relationship

   with

   both

   of

   my

   
parents

   were

   pretty

   strange

   and

   complicated,

   
especially

   with

   my

   mother

   who

   I

   tried

   so

   hard

   to

   
win

   her

   love,

   but

   when

   my

   attempt

   became

   a

   
failure.

   I

   decided

   to

   turn

   away

   from

   her

   and

   from

   
Britain.

   Some

   has

   said

   that

   my

   relationship

   with

   my

   
mother

   was

   abnormal

   and

   more

   than

   just

   a

   son

   and

   
mother

   relationship.

   because

   of

   that,

   I

   personally

   
believed

   that

   this

   relationship

   issue

   strongly

   had

   
affected

   my

   behaviours

   and

   decisions

   in

   the

   future

   
and

   my

   perspective

   for

   Britain.

   However,

   I

   had

   a

   
great

   relationship

   and

   was

   very

   fond

   to

   my

   
grandmother,

   Queen

   Victoria

   of

   England.

   


    Even

   though,

   I

   was

   lucky

   enough

   to

   be

   born

   in

   
a

   royal

   family.

   My

   birth

   had

   been

   traumatic.

   During

   
the

   birth

   process,

   the

   British

   doctor

   permanently

   
damaged

   my

   left

   arm.

   I

   was

   born

   with

   the

   paralysed

   
and

   smaller

   left

   arm.

   My

   left

   arm

   was

   useless

   for

   
even

   the

   ordinary

   tasks

   such

   as

   cutting

   certain

   
foods

   with

   a

   knife

   at

   mealtime.

   After

   that,

   in

   1892,

   
My

   beloved

   father

   got

   very

   ill

   with

   throat

   cancer

   
and

   he

   eventually

   passed

   away

   because

   the

   British

   
doctor

   failed

   to

   save

   him,

   again.

   Since

   then,

   the

   
hatred

   of

   British

   had

   rooted

   deeply

   in

   myself.

   

   

Later

   on,

   in

   1871,

   when

   I

   was

   12

   years-old,

   I

   was

   
already

   the

   second

   in

   line

   after

   my

   father

   to

   
become

   an

   emperor

   of

   Prussia.

   I

   was

   so

   filled

   and

   
motivated

   with

   nationalistic

   enthusiasm.

   My

   
determination

   to

   win

   a

   “place

   in

   the

   sun”

   for

   
Germany

   (

   refer

   to

   Germany’s

   foreign

   policy

   and

   
colonial

   empire)

   had

   always

   been

   rooted

   since

   I

   was

   
born.

   
Here

   it

   came.

   As

   I

   was

   a

   very

   good

   friend

   of

   
Archduke

   Franz

   Ferdinand

   of

   Austria,

   and

   he

   was

   
deeply

   shocked

   by

   his

   assassination

   on

   28

   June

   
1914.

   So

   I

   decided

   right

   away

   to

   offer

   the

   support

   
for

   Austria-Hungary

   in

   crushing

   the

   Black

   Hand,

   the

   
secret

   organization

   that

   had

   plotted

   the

   killing.

   
When

   the

   Austro-Hungarian

   ultimatum

   was

   
delivered

   to

   Serbia,

   I

   hurried

   back

   to

   Berlin

   on

   28

   
July

   to

   receive

   the

   document

   stating

   that

   Russia

   
would

   not

   cancel

   its

   mobilization,

   so

   I

   wrote

   a

   
lengthy

   commentary

   containing

   these

   observations:

   

...For

   I

   no

   longer

   have

   any

   doubt

   that

   England,

   
Russia

   and

   France

   have

   agreed

   among

   themselves—―
knowing

   that

   our

   treaty

   obligations

   compel

   us

   to

   
support

   Austria—―to

   use

   the

   Austro-Serb

   conflict

   as

   
a

   pretext

   for

   waging

   a

   war

   of

   annihilation

   against

   
us...

   Our

   dilemma

   over

   keeping

   faith

   with

   the

   old

   
and

   honourable

   Emperor

   has

   been

   exploited

   to

   
create

   a

   situation

   which

   gives

   England

   the

   excuse

   
she

   has

   been

   seeking

   to

   annihilate

   us

   with

   a

   
spurious

   appearance

   of

   justice

   on

   the

   pretext

   that

   
she

   is

   helping

   France

   and

   maintaining

   the

   well-
known

   Balance

   of

   Power

   in

   Europe,

   i.e.,

   playing

   off

   
all

   European

   States

   for

   her

   own

   benefit

   against

   us.

   
I

   declared,

   "Ruthlessness

   and

   weakness

   will

   start

   the

   
most

   terrifying

   war

   of

   the

   world,

   whose

   purpose

   is

   
to

   destroy

   Germany.

   Because

   there

   can

   no

   longer

   
be

   any

   doubts,

   England,

   France

   and

   Russia

   have

   
conspired

   themselves

   together

   to

   fight

   an

   
annihilation

   war

   against

   us”.

   

It

   was

   still

   controversial

   whether

   that

   I

   had

   been

   
broken

   psychologically

   by

   the

   criticism

   that

   followed

   
after

   the

   inappropriate

   act

   which

   dramatically

   
damaged

   his

   political

   position.

   I

   ended

   up

   suffering

   
an

   episode

   of

   depression

   in

   1908.

   In

   addition,

   the

   I

   
was

   out

   of

   touch

   with

   the

   realities

   of

   international

   
politics

   in

   1914;

   I

   thought

   that

   my

   blood

   
relationships

   to

   other

   European

   monarchs

   were

   
sufficient

   to

   manage

   the

   crisis

   that

   followed

   after

   
the

   assassination

   of

   my

   friend

   Franz

   Ferdinand

   in

   
Sarajevo,

   Bosnia.

   Although

   I

   signed

   the

   order

   for

   
German

   mobilization

   following

   pressure

   from

   my

   
generals.

   Germany

   declared

   war

   against

   Russia

   and

   
France

   during

   the

   first

   week

   of

   August

   1914

   and

   I

   
stated,

   “You

   will

   regret

   this,

   gentlemen.”

   
With

   World

   War

   I

   under

   way,

   me

   myself,

   as

   
commander

   in

   chief

   of

   the

   German

   armed

   forces,

   
retained

   the

   power

   to

   make

   upper-level

   changes

   in

   
military

   command.

   Nonetheless,

   I

   was

   practically

   a

   
shadow

   monarch

   during

   the

   war,

   useful

   to

   my

   
generals

   as

   a

   public-relations

   figure

   who

   toured

   the

   
front

   lines

   and

   handed

   out

   medals.

   After

   1916,

   
Germany

   was

   a

   military

   dictatorship

   dominated

   by

   
two

   generals,

   Paul

   von

   Hindenburg

   and

   Erich

   
Ludendorff.

   On

   November

   9th,1918

   I

   decided

   to

   
announce

   the

   abdication

   of

   the

   emperor

   and

   fled

   
to

   Netherland

   and

   remained

   neutral

   till

   the

   end

   of

   
my

   life.

   Even

   though

   I

   ended

   up

   peacefully

   on

   my

   
own,

   in

   overall,

   I

   had

   led

   many

   wars

   and

   conflicts

   to

   
begin

   which

   created

   huge

   effect

   on

   everyone.

   If

   I

   
never

   existed,

   there

   could

   have

   been

   the

   enormous

   
change

   and

   all

   of

   this

   wouldn’t

   have

   happened

   and

   
there

   might

   not

   even

   be

   WW1

   in

   the

   history.

   
To

   mention

   the

   Treaty

   of

   Versailles,

   the

   treaty

   had

   a

   
great

   political

   impact

   on

   Germany

   and

   me

   myself.

   
One

   of

   the

   conditions

   in

   the

   treaty

   was

   stated

   that

   I

   
be

   formally

   tried.

   However,

   that

   condition

   was

   
impossible

   because

   I

   abdicated

   the

   throne

   already

   
and

   was

   currently

   in

   Netherland

   who

   refused

   to

   
surrender

   me.

   Although

   this

   was

   a

   good

   news

   for

   
me,

   it

   made

   it

   impossible

   for

   Germany

   to

   restore

   
their

   monarchy,

   whose

   continuation

   depended

   on

   
me

   to

   pass

   my

   power

   over

   to

   my

   son.

   The

   treaty

   
isolated

   the

   country

   and

   made

   it

   an

   outcast

   to

   
international

   policies.

   The

   German

   government

   
found

   itself

   in

   an

   impossible

   situation

   under

   the

   
harsh

   conditions

   of

   the

   treaty.

   The

   people

   of

   
Germany

   turned

   their

   back

   on

   the

   government

   and

   
accused

   them

   of

   betraying

   Germany

   because

   they

   
surrendered

   to

   the

   Allied

   forces.

   As

   a

   result

   new

   
political

   groups

   and

   revolts

   were

   being

   to

   form

   in

   
Germany.

   A

   party

   known

   as

   the

   German

   Workers’

   
Party

   formed.

   A

   young

   German

   soldier

   named

   Adolf

   
Hitler

   would

   join

   this

   party

   and

   rename

   its

   Nazi

   
Party

   and

   the

   next

   World

   War

   would

   follow

   soon

   
after

   that.

   
During

   World

   War

   1,

   Germany

   was

   a

   federal

   
monarchy.

   However,

   the

   government

   was

   turned

   
into

   a

   fascist

   government

   by

   a

   fascist

   group

   in

   
Germany

   called

   the

   Nazi's.

   As

   the

   country

   was

   
struggling

   with

   the

   effect

   of

   WW1

   and

   was

   in

   
extreme

   debt.

   It

   was

   actually

   my

   responsibility

   to

   
pay

   off

   this

   debt.

   But

   the

   Nazi's

   had

   a

   different

   idea

   
leading

   to

   their

   take

   over

   of

   the

   German

   
government.

   Hitler,

   the

   nominated

   leader

   by

   the

   
fascist

   group,

   offered

   jobs

   and

   the

   rebuilding

   of

   the

   
economy

   and

   the

   cities.

   This

   fascist

   government

   
lead

   to

   Hitler's

   rise

   of

   power

   and

   need

   for

   complete

   
control.

   He

   created

   a

   system

   of

   laws

   in

   order

   to

   
create

   his

   "perfect"

   society.

   and

   that

   was

   when

   the

   
rise

   of

   Facism

   occurred.