Why did Kaiser Wilhelm suddenly surrender the german forces in WW1 and abdicate to Holland?

Question

did he live very nicely in Holland too?

why, especially , the Nazis,,such as Adolf Hitler didnt see this as a betrayal of the 3,000,000 german men killed in WW1?

please explain what you can about the Kaisers sudden retirement to Holland and was he related to Franz Ferdinand who also disappeared off his throne before WW1? and, again, why they would do this? how about the Romanovs? (relatives also of Queen Victoria?)

thanks for your answers!

Answer 1

General Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff was Chief of German Army staff during World War 1. After the war he wrote a book blaming Jews and Freemasonry for Germany’s defeat. To quote a few lines :-

"Masonry brings its members into conscious subjection to the Jews... it trains them to become venal Jews.. German Masonry is a branch of organized international Masonry the headquarters of which are in New York ...There also is the seat of Jewish world Power.... Freemasons wore aprons to conceal the fact that, being Jews, they had been circumcised."



In the book, General Ludendorff blamed Freemasons for bringing America into the World War I, helped by the Jesuits, B'nai B'rith and the Grand Lodge of New York! This, he stated, was done to destroy Austria Hungary, a Catholic world power. Had it not been for Freemasonry, Germany would have won the war -- Kaiser Wilhelm and Czar Nicholas lost their thrones because they were not Freemasons -- "Annihilation of Freemasonry Through Revelation of its Secrets!"



In November 1918 German armies were still French and Belgian territory, Berlin remained 450 miles from the nearest front, and the German armies retired from the field of battle in good order. Britain and France were too war-weary to contemplate an invasion of Germany. No Allied army had penetrated the western German frontier, and on the Eastern Front, Germany had already won the war against Russia, concluded with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. In the West, Germany had come close to winning the war with the Spring Offensive. – Quote of Adolph Hitler “when out of the cool nights the Allied soldiers already seemed to hear the dull rumble of the advancing storm units of the German army, and with eyes fixed in fear and trepidation awaited the approaching judgment, suddenly a flaming red light arose in Germany, casting its glow into the last shell-hole of the enemy front: at the very moment when the German divisions were receiving their last instructions for the great attack, the general strike broke out in Germany in all of its armaments factories thus depriving the German army of crucial arms and ammunitions. Thousands of German soldiers had to pay for this with their blood. The instigators of this vilest of all scoundrel tricks were the aspirants to the highest state positions of revolutionary Germany.”- The instigators of these strikes in armaments factories were Jews.



9th November, 1918 Germany surrendered and German King Kaiser Wilhelm II was abdicated. On the Abdication of King Kaiser Wilhelm II, Adolph Hitler in his famous biography “MIEN KAMPF” says :- “In November the general tension increased-and then one day, suddenly and unexpectedly, the calamity descended. Sailors arrived in trucks and proclaimed the revolution; a few Jewish youths were the 'leaders' in this struggle for the 'freedom, beauty, and dignity' of our national existence. None of them had been at the front.” The sailors revolt was led by Jews.



The Imperial Naval Command in Kiel under Admiral Franz von Hipper, planned to dispatch the fleet for a Final battle against the British Navy in the English Channel. The sailors revolt started on the Schillig Roads off Wilhelmshaven, where the German fleet had anchored in expectation of a planned battle. During the night from 29 to 30 October 1918 some crews refused to obey orders. On board of three ships from the Third Navy Squadron sailors refused to lift anchor. On board of the battle ships from the First Navy Squadron SMS "Thüringen“ and "Helgoland" outright mutiny and sabotage occurred. As of 4 November delegations of the sailors scattered out to all larger cities in the country with the cry of 'freedom, beauty, and dignity'. Already by 7 November the revolution had seized all larger coastal cities as well as Hanover, Brunswick, Frankfurt and Munich. In Munich a Workers' and Soldiers' Council forced the last King of Bavaria, Ludwig III, to abdicate. And for all practical purposes War was over.



General Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff was Chief of German Army staff during World War 1. After the war he wrote a book blaming Jews and Freemasons for Germany’s defeat.



Germany Had actually won world War 1 but for stab in the back by German Jews and Freemasons a secret society seeking new world order or world domination by Jews.

Answer 2

The Germans knew the war was lost as early as Sept. They requested neutral Holland as a mediator. Even Austria-Hungary requested peace talks and Germany sent a peace offer to Belgium. All were rejected. They continued losing battles. Morale was so low, the army threaten to mutiny. The navy did mutiny at the prospect of a planned naval offensive they deemed to be suicidal. Germany began negotiating with US President Wilson believing they could get better terms than from the Brits and the French. Wilson demanded the abdication of the Kaiser. That demand plus internal political unrest at home, led by communists attempting to repeat what the Bolsheviks did in Russia, plus the Kaiser being told by his General staff that the Army will longer fight for the Kaiser led Wilhelm to abdicate on 9 Nov. Germany was then able to negotiate a cease fire on 11 Nov. Now I said cease fire, not surrender. Germany never surrendered, which was one of Hitler's gripes. It was a cease fire with a formal peace treaty to be signed later. The 1919 Treaty of Versailles was overly harsh and Germany initially refused to sign it. Because of this the Allies actually gave attack orders to their troops, which was still in the field since the war technically was still on just set on "pause" under the cease fire agreement.



As for his life in Netherlands.......a clause in the 1919 Treaty demanded that Wilhelm be prosecuted for war crimes. However, the Queen of the Netherlands refused to extradite him. He purchased a small castle and lived in that castle for the rest of his life. He had 23 boxcars full of furniture and 27 boxcars full of other stuff including a car and a boat. He just led a simple life of luxury as a country gentleman. He entertained guests and even wrote his memoirs. He also grew a beard. He vacationed in Corfu where he had a 2nd home. He became interested in archeology. He consistently went hunting. He had mixed feelings about the Nazis. He opposed Kristallnacht and the Nigh of the Long Knives yet he supported the German conquest of Poland in 1939. However, when the Nazi's invaded Poland in 1940, Wilhelm retired from public life.



Archduke Franz Ferdinand didn't "disappear off his throne". He wasn't on a throne. He was the heir to the throne.

Answer 3

That previous imperial town on the River Main, Frankfurt, is, by virtue of its key situation, the most important industrial and economic center on mainland Europe and here you can visit it hotelbye . The city's skyline, dominated by the fantastic bunch of high-rise buildings in the banking quarter, has a distinct North American flavoring, getting Frankfurt the nicknames "Mainhattan" and "Chicago on the Main". In the centre of Frankfurt you will see, Frankfurt's Opera Square, the Old Opera House. This place was built-in 1880 in the style of the Italian High Renaissance. Ruined during WWII, it absolutely was renewed and reopened in 1981 as one of the city's most critical concert venues.

Answer 4

In 1917 in Russia the people revolted and thus the Bolshevik Revolution. Prior to this within the war there was a stalemate on the Western Front and for a time it seemed that Germany would win, therefore morale was high within the country and trenches. However, America joined the war, and with vast amount of troops and equipment they tipped the scales (as Russia had withdrawn quite a lot due to turmoil in their own country). It was actually General Luddendorff who conceded that the war was over in September 1918. Due to this there was the Grand Fleet Mutiny at Kiel, and Max of Badenwas who'd been appointed chancellor lost control of the situation. The people of Germany due to censorship and propaganda could not believe they'd lost the war, which led to resentment to the government. The Kaiser feared that due to the defeat and consequences of the war the people would become more and more angry and social unrest could possible lead to another communist revolution. The key thing to remember about this period is that Europe feared communism, and as a counter product Fascism was founded. It was not the Kaiser who signed the armistice, or the treaty, it was in fact Weimar government, who was named the November Criminals. Hitler rooted his hatred in the jews who he blamed for the defeat, as he believed they'd withdrawn funds. He is said to have cried when Germany were defeated in WWI, as people in the war whole heatedly believed in what they were fighting for. & Yes, all the royal families were related, therefore this strengthened the fear of communism, as the Russians had killed the Tsar and his family. All the royal families in Europe at this time were descendants from Queen Victoria

Answer 5

He feared being murdered like Tsar Nichola, his cousin...

Answer 6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor#Abdication_and_flight



Long story short, the German people rose up against him (they knew Germany was defeated, and they were starving and war-weary), but he refused to step down. Prince Max of Baden announced the Kaiser's abdication instead, so the Kaiser had to flee.



Franz Ferdinand did not "disappear off the throne" - he was assassinated. His assassination directly led to WWI, but to be honest the whole thing was a powder keg waiting to go off anyway.

Answer 7

With the entry of the US into the war, their industrial might more than cancelled out the movement of all troops back to the Western Front from the Russian Theatre of War.

Wilhelm was the instigator of WW1 and therefore held himself responsible for Germany's part in it.

The German forces in WW1 were indeed undefeated, leading to the "Dolchstosslegende", where their troops were betrayed by evil politicians at home. Hitler was keen to support this myth.

Franz Ferdinand hardly "disappeared". He was shot in Sarajevo on 28th June 1914 by Gavrilo Princip.

The Romanovs were overthrown by the Bolsheviks and murdered by them in Ekaterinburg.

Please, please, please get a book on WW1 and read it from start to finish, so you can get some idea of the sequence of events.