What if Kaiser Frederick Survived?

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  @naughtiusmaximus3690 · 3 years ago

  You forgot his most heartbreaking remark in his diary "I can't die, what will happen to Germany?"

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  @thomasbenstead4030 · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2wv8nPpmY&amp;t=230">3:50</a> To the contrary, Wilhelm was pro-British up until the years leading to WWI, when the relationship soured. He adored Queen Victoria: he was in the room when she passed. And he greatly admired the British navy, and was an honorary Admiral. Read Dreadnought by Robert K Massie for more info

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  @jonsouth1545 · 3 years ago

  Kaiser Willhelm II was far from anti-British he adored his Grandmother Queen Victoria, &nbsp;He adored the Royal Navy when made an honorary admiral he was very proud. &nbsp;It is true he had issues with certain members of the family but the idea that he was anti-British is simply not true he strongly admired Britain. &nbsp;Yes, he did sell guns to the Boars but he also helped the British on multiple occasions.

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  @theBaron0530 · 3 years ago

  Don&apos;t let the terminology confuse the subject. To 19th-century Prussia and the rest of Germany, &quot;liberalism&quot; meant a government that included universal male suffrage and a parliament that made laws, under a constitutional monarch. Frederick was in favor of an elected parliament, and was willing to accept the role of King in cooperation with the Landtag, rather than the role of an absolute monarch.

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  @LiterallyRyan_Gosling · 3 years ago

  Every time I see one of these scenario I think: &quot;Why were we so close to a good world?&quot;

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  @dominicadrean2160 · 3 years ago

  Yeah Kaiser Frederick was a very weak father he let his wife torture their own son for 10 years and because of his mother&apos;s uncaring heart towards him really shaped him as a man especially towards his mother&apos;s home country I really feel bad for Kaiser Wilhelm unlike his cousin Nicholas which was a great father and loved his family Kaiser Wilhelm got nothing

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  @DarthKieduss · 3 years ago (edited)

  I saw Fall of Eagles, which told the rise and fall of the monarchies of Germany, Russia and Austria. I also wondered how Frederick III would rule if he hadn&apos;t smoked his whole life.

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  @concept5631 · 3 years ago

  Its tragic in a sense that the two biggest wars in human history were caused by a broken family.

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  @dr.finnegan3949 · 3 years ago

  Yes, Frederick was more “liberal” than his son, but he was also a seasoned veteran of the unification wars. There’s no doubt he would’ve made a FAR better emperor than Wilhelm II.

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  @SnappBacc · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2wv8nPpmY&amp;t=365">6:05</a> perfect song at the right time 👌

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  @PTRT420 · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2wv8nPpmY&amp;t=520">8:40</a><br>You can say what you want but the &quot;Good Comerade&quot; is the most beautiful German Song

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  @kylermcreynolds3146 · 3 years ago

  Kaiser Wilhelm’s relationship with the UK is quite bit more complicated. He disliked his mother and British politics but her loved aspects of its military especially the navy. &nbsp;The naval race between the two nations was one of the causes of WW1

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