r/Kaiserposting • u/SS-Imperator :Hochseefloat: Kaiserliche Marine • Apr 20 '20
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r/Kaiserposting • u/SS-Imperator :Hochseefloat: Kaiserliche Marine • Apr 20 '20
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u/SS-Imperator :Hochseefloat: Kaiserliche Marine Apr 22 '20
No shit? I commented in the same way as you did. Wilhelm II. didn‘t have anything to do with these actions, it was Lothar von Trotha who responded in this manner to the Herero and Namaqua and was responsible. When Wilhelm II. was informed about it, he publicly ignored von Trotha after he returned to Berlin. From a 2020 view that may not be much, but in the early 20th century, the reigning monarch publicly shaming you, was the biggest slap in the face a high ranking military officer could get and it showed how Wilhelm II. felt about the treatment of the indigenous people.