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Wilhelm II

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  1. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    1:08:21How the Triple Alliance could turn the war against France and RussiaChapter
  2. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    1:12:56Misreading British reluctance to enter a warNotable Point
  3. What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?
    26:37French intervention and the Anglo-Japanese allianceNotable Point
  4. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    2:04:59Victory could end the war and redirect its political mythsChapter
  5. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    3:02:24Would Wilhelm II build another High Seas Fleet?Q&A
  6. Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:38:00Wilhelm II's admiration for Britain and naval rivalryNotable Point
  7. Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:30:54Wilhelm II, the naval race, and British neutralityQ&A
  8. Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...
    1:12:51Germany's response to a larger modern British squadronNotable Point
  9. Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...
    1:40:36Could Germany trade battleships for more battlecruisers?Notable Point
  10. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    29:16Why a restored Kaiser does not settle the invasion of PolandQ&A
  11. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    7:49:28Avoiding an Anglo-German naval race in a Wilhelm II counterfactualQ&A
  12. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    4:47:02If Kaiser Wilhelm II also became Tsar of RussiaQ&A
  13. Admiral Hugo Von Pohl: Architect of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare or Short Term Improviser?
    15:25The Kaiser's accommodating chief of Admiralty StaffChapter
  14. Admiral Hugo Von Pohl: Architect of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare or Short Term Improviser?
    18:18Pohl in the July Crisis and the blank checkChapter
  15. Admiral Hugo Von Pohl: Architect of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare or Short Term Improviser?
    25:50Securing the Kaiser's approval after Dogger BankChapter
  16. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    6:07:42Wilhelm II inherits Britain during the naval raceQ&A
  17. Britain's Declaration of War in 1914: The July Crisis & how the British Empire Joined WWI...
    47:05Germany gives Austria-Hungary a blank checkChapter
  18. Britain's Declaration of War in 1914: The July Crisis & how the British Empire Joined WWI...
    1:22:31Wilhelm misreads British mediationChapter
  19. What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?
    2:14:44Could clearer British signaling prevent or shorten World War I?Chapter
  20. Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?
    30:15Germany's army might favor restraint, but the Kaiser and navy would notChapter
  21. Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?
    45:01A treaty could intensify Germany's Army-Navy conflictNotable Point
  22. Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?
    1:04:23A fixed limit helps the Navy Laws but forces German design compromisesChapter
  23. Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live
    3:40:14Was Wilhelm II as reluctant to risk major warships?Q&A
  24. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    4:04:36Wilhelm II's death in Dutch exileQ&A
  25. Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...
    1:23:44How a naval defeat might reshape a 1915 peaceNotable Point
  26. Ramblings Emergency Broadcast
    28:28A youthful Queen Victoria returns in 1912Q&A
  27. Ramblings Emergency Broadcast
    2:13:47A German landing at New York in the 1905 counterfactualNotable Point
  28. What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!
    30:54Bismarck's dismissal raises the value of a concessionNotable Point
  29. What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!
    39:02Wilhelm II's personal fixation on the islandChapter
  30. What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!
    41:41From diplomatic bargaining chip to naval fixationChapter
  31. What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!
    44:32The battle Germany cannot easily avoidChapter
  32. What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!
    47:42Four chancellors struggle in Bismarck's shadowChapter
  33. What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!
    51:37Helgoland deepens the army-navy struggle in BerlinChapter
  34. What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!
    1:12:20Kaiser politics and an early decisive battleChapter
  35. Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 106
    49:08A wartime threat, not a peacetime economic blockadeChapter
  36. Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 106
    1:05:15Kaiser Wilhelm II and the Heligoland grievanceChapter
  37. Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 106
    1:19:59Heligoland as a pressure on German governmentsNotable Point
  38. Beatty of the Mediterranean: Finding the Right Peg for the Right Hole?
    27:34British decisions imply only partial knowledge of German ordersNotable Point
  39. Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier
    9:13How 2013 threat assumptions shaped drone choicesNotable Point
  40. Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat
    3:22:01A French assassin kills Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1914Q&A
  41. Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 3
    1:40:47An early peace could remove Wilhelm II but preserve the monarchyNotable Point
  42. Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 2
    8:29The Kaiser's temperament makes Prince Henry essentialNotable Point
  43. Musings on Deterrence
    12:49World-war leaders misread deterrent signalsChapter
  44. Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins
    1:39:09How Bismarck concentrated ministerial power in the KaiserQ&A
  45. Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...
    1:06:14Fisher's funeral and Battenberg's deterrent diplomacyNotable Point
  46. Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed
    2:26:35Who follows Victoria if her sons die first?Q&A
  47. Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?
    1:53:28The unverified story of the Kaiser supplying naval informationNotable Point
  48. Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist
    59:04How a 1916 carrier strike could displace the High Seas FleetNotable Point
  49. The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War
    22:01How German naval imitation turned an ally into a rivalNotable Point
  50. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:55:05Wilhelm II was unlikely to abandon rivalry with Britain through persuasionQ&A
  51. Henning Von Holtzendorff & Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
    44:12Political opposition to the 1917 decisionNotable Point
  52. Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory
    5:48Tirpitz's naval answer after BismarckChapter
  53. Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory
    12:57Army prestige kept the German navy secondaryNotable Point
  54. Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...
    3:13:51Dynastic ties did not prevent warQ&A
  55. Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...
    2:03:49Bismarck's break with Wilhelm IIChapter
  56. Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions
    19:20A Wilhelm II succession could provoke a constitutional crisisQ&A
  57. Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine
    50:06Avoiding Belgium leaves an amphibious alternativeNotable Point
  58. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    28:54German ambitions in the PhilippinesNotable Point
  59. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    32:58Earlier influences on Wilhelm II's overseas fleetQ&A
  60. Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 2
    19:47Fleet manoeuvres and a naval review advertise Italian strengthNotable Point
  61. SMS Gefion(1894): 19th Century Cruisers part 12
    5:23Wilhelm II's naval ambition without long-term investmentNotable Point
  62. SMS Gefion(1894): 19th Century Cruisers part 12
    21:15From cruiser to imperial yacht escortChapter
  63. Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)
    1:03:55Fleet mobilisation as diplomatic signallingNotable Point
  64. The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises (Long Patrol)
    18:56Bismarck's system without BismarckNotable Point
  65. The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises (Long Patrol)
    21:28Tangier and the challenge to French controlChapter
  66. Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises
    18:04Would a longer reign for Frederick III have changed Wilhelm II?Q&A
  67. Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises
    31:48Four personalities behind the first Morocco crisisChapter
  68. Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises
    36:16Why Wilhelm II abandoned Bismarck's diplomacyQ&A
  69. Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises
    39:11Kaiser Wilhelm II's Tangier interventionChapter
  70. Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises
    58:09An Anglo-German-Japanese alignment without WilhelmQ&A
  71. Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises
    2:23:01Campaigning skill is not governing machineryNotable Point
  72. 'The Imperial High Seas Fleet: Tarkin replaces Tirpitz...': Patreon 36 Introductory Long Patrol
    5:26Tirpitz's navy laws make Britain the enemyChapter
  73. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P12/14: Henning von Holtzendorff
    34:38The promise that no American would reach EuropeNotable Point
  74. A Book or Two to Review (31):
    15:14Testing political promises: glitz or granite?Notable Point
  75. Bruships 55: New Books
    1:31:27Wilhelm II and the failure of royal family diplomacyQ&A
  76. Bruships 55: New Books
    1:37:53Kaiser Wilhelm II and the blank chequeQ&A
  77. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)
    1:59Queen Victoria confronts a future World War IQ&A
  78. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    21:56Why German fleet building alarmed BritainQ&A
  79. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1911
    27:17The risk fleet's strategic signalling paradoxChapter
  80. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-7
    14:04American deterrence and Germany's risk fleet sent different signalsNotable Point
  81. Patreon 13: Martin Doherty: What if Gallipoli had succeeded?
    2:04:45Would Britain fight without the Anglo-German naval race?Q&A
  82. Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era
    1:11:04Tangier and Germany's challenge to FranceChapter
  83. Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era
    1:19:35Wilhelm II's relationship with Edward VIIQ&A
  84. Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era
    1:25:47Was Wilhelm II present when Queen Victoria died?Q&A
  85. An Introduction to Victorian Naval Diplomacy
    21:04Tangier and the fleet demonstration at AlgecirasChapter