The image of Kaiser Wilhelm ... a Zabern shoe-maker, Karl Blank. Zabern was under military rule. What became known as the “Zabern Affair” posed the crucial question: Who ruled Germany?

Photo: DPA/Brandenburg-Preußen Museum Wilhelm II was usually portrayed in heavily decorated army uniform, but the last Kaiser's heart yearned for the sea and German naval power from an early age ...

Kaiser Wilhelm II (left) and his great-great grandson Georg Friedrich with Sophie, his bride-to-be (Getty Images; Rex Features) From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The ...

Wilhelm’s fascination with the sea persisted after he became Kaiser. He ordered a massive expansion of the Imperial German Navy, in a bid to challenge the Royal Navy for dominance, which ...

Kaiser Wilhelm II (left) and his great-great grandson Georg Friedrich with Sophie, his bride-to-be (Getty Images; Rex Features) From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The ...