Jack Rackam
The Last Tsar | The Life & Times of Nicholas II
The case of the murdered monarchies continues! Russia is far and away the most famous monarchy to crumble to dust, and boy did it ever. When Nicholas II became Tsar, he told his brother-in-law, and I quote “I am not yet ready to be Tsar....
Jack Rackam
The Kaiser Played with Fire | The Life & Times of Wihlelm II
Right after World War One was a hell of a time for democracy in Europe, y’know the Great War was a tragedy but on the other end of it look at all these new Republics! Germany’s a Republic now, Austria-Hungary’s split up into independent...
Jack Rackam
Who Killed Austria-Hungary? | The Life & Times of Franz Joseph
It was a dark and stormy night, like any other in the big city. I was on my lunch break when the mutton-chopped Methusalah came through my door in a hurry. He said “I like my historians like I like my eggs. Hard-boiled.” “Then you’ve...
Jabzy
What did Germany want in WW1? | Kaiser Wilhelm, German Empire, Germany WW1
What did Germany want in WW1? | Kaiser Wilhelm, German Empire, Germany WW1
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
The exiled former Kaiser Wilhelm II in the Netherlands in 1929
Kaiser Wilhelm II and his wife, Empress Hermine, stand in snowy landscape at Huis Doorn, their exile home, with two dogs and a man; one big dog, probably a German Shepherd, jumps up to greet the former Kaiser, who pats him, as a...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
George V and Kaiser Wilhelm II in the 1910s
QS military parade on city street / royal person who may be Gustaf V of Sweden with military officers / EXT palace with clock tower, spire / King George V of the UK and Kaiser Wilhelm II get into imperial coach during George's 1913 visit...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Man speaking to camera in US about Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1932 visit from Kaiser Wilhelm's grandsons
Two close shots of man standing outside reading statement, praising President Franklin Roosevelt for allowing two grandsons of ex-Kaiser of Germany Wilhelm II to visit him at his home in Hyde Park, NY, in 1932; the unmentioned grandsons...
Getty Images
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church - Aerial View - Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church - Aerial View - Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Germany
Getty Images
Kaiser Wilhelm II stands behind a tree while hunting deer.
Kaiser Wilhelm II stands behind a tree while hunting deer.
Getty Images
Kaiser Wilhelm II talks to soldiers standing at attention.
Kaiser Wilhelm II talks to soldiers standing at attention.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Migrants churchgoers sing in tribute to Berlin attack victims
Migrants and churchgoers sing near the Berlin Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial church in tribute to the victims of the deadly truck assault on a Christmas market
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
WWII destruction in Nuremberg after Nazi surrender
VS tilted views of smoldering ruins and skeletons of ruined buildings with arched stone bridge / VS expansive view of smoking rubble / equestrian monument of Kaiser Wilhelm I / VS spires of St. Sebaldus Church amid the ruins / VS...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Empress Augusta Victoria's coffin returns to Germany after her death in the Netherlands
Train passing in bg, people, policemen in fg and row of bicycles beside tracks, smoke puffing from smokestack / military and civilian dignitaries waiting in front of train station, probably in Potsdam / train pulling in front of station...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Wedding of former German Emperor Wilhelm II at his home Huis Doorn in Doorn, Netherlands
Crowd including cameraman gathered outside home of Wilhelm II in the Netherlands / crowd and cameramen standing on top of car / reporters taking notes / man standing with flowers / people walking down pathway, one man holding flowers /...
Sky News
Police & trams at Alexanderplatz day after Berlin Christmas market attack
CLEAN: Exterior shots of police officers patrolling outside of the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial Church where people are gathered to pay respects for victims of Berlin Christmas market attacks. Shot on December 20, 2016 in Berlin, Germany.
A...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Closing Stages of World War I
Sal Khan maps the offensives that eventually lead to the end of WWI and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. Follow the beginning of the end of the war through this video tutorial which includes maps and pictures. Also included is a...