I hope you enjoy this short video on one page of Wilhelm II's eventful diplomatic career. The video I am mainly working on at the moment is the final part of 'The Other Great Game', but I have a few smaller scripts like this I have completed that I will hopefully be able to add to the channel in the meantime. Thank you for watching.

Wilhelm was such a strange guy. Feels like he always talked first and thought later.

An interesting and undercovered area of history. It is strange to think of all the popular acclaim the Boers had in the 19th century, only to become one of the most hated ethnic groups in human history during the 20th thanks to apartheid.

Wilhelm IIs' partial view of his Grandmother, and partly of Britain, did more to assist the Realm than much of our actual political scheming. Victoria's death must've been the final straw, I fear; he seemed rather untoward-Edward.

Imagine if Germany and the British Empire had been allies, what a world it could have been

I just cannot get over that first letter from the Kaiser to his Grandmama. I can understand sprinkling in a little bit of familial affection into the letter but why he thought it was a dignified for a head of state send a letter to another for the purpose of whining that the big, bad Salisbury was being mean is beyond me. Kaiser Wilhelm truly is the joker card of the late 19th - early 20th centuries, his mind is beyond our own.

Did the Netherlands really just not care? I’ve never heard anybody talk about the relations between the Boers and the Dutch people

Love your narrative style and the maps, keep it up

Always a delight, seeing a new video of yours.

Always a good day when O.B. does an upload.

I really wish you did longer form videos even if it meant less visual material. You have a great voice And information And I would love to see you expound on your many topics. Britannia deserves our attention and channels like history time and fall of civilizations prove people enjoy that material

Really interesting and insightful video as always !

YOOOO didn't expect another video so soon

Great video! I feel like we don’t get many mainstream videos on the Boer war. Fascinating and often overlooked period in history.

Wow! A second Samoan civil War reference. You never get those man. A short video on the disastrous Anglo-American campaign in that strange little conflict would be fun. Fun fact, the Samoan Islands two main Islands were split between Germany and America directly as a result of the second Samoan civil War(1899/1900). One island is still American Samoa today and the other is the Republic of Samoa which used to be the German protectorate.

Great video when you get a chance could do one on the development of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902?

I will aways find it hilarious and heart-warming when i see the kaiser and his grandmother's letters.they truly had something special ❤

Great documentary, keep it up!

Very interesting video!

very interesting, I never would have expected this

One of the main reasons for the Boer war that remains unexplored was the construction of the Suez canal. This would have had a major negative impact on everyone in South Africa which until then had enjoyed the fruits of shipping routes between West and East. At that point the Boers were unable to sustain a proper currency and instead used British stamps for money.

Kaiser Wilhelm II is the most underrated character in late 19 early 20 century European politics

Excellent. Thank You

new to channel thank you for the content

How do you guys make your maps? They're absolutely amazing.

Could you make a video about what home rule was?

as always his grasp of the diplomacy of that era is so impressive.

Could you make a video covering the Schleswig-Holstein question?

This is without a doubt your funniest video. I almost died when you read out that letter.

Love it!

This may be a niche thing for myself, but I'd love a video on the no confidence vote in 1892 in the UK. As a fan of that era I always found it interesting. Plus it is rather similar to the situation going on now in Poland, where the governing PIS will not resign until a vote of no confidence.

The Russian Minister shot himself in the foot by criticising the Royal Navy... Kaiser Wilhelm II actually held the rank of Admiral of the Fleet in the British Royal Navy: an appointment of wich he was excedingly proud. When the Minister informed him that it was in as bad a state as the British Army, the Kaiser naturally thought that he was dealing with an idiot who did not need to be taken seriously.

Two Old Britannia videos within a week we eating good.

Amazing

This Krugers beard never fails to make me laugh😂

Ever thought about putting your works on Nebula or Curiousity Stream?

How do I fix this "Ad blockers violate UKposts's Terms of Service" im not using ad block, can you show m your video

Babe wake up, new Old Britannia video

He made a video on the Boer war! :D

Very good

Ohhh What a topic 🎉🎉🎉 nice

Zayumn, two uploads in one week? #blessed innit

It’s weird to think there could have been a anti British alliance of Germany Russia and France

Two Old Britannia videos in one week? But it's not my birthday until April??

Final part to usa vs Britain series? One focusing on uk losing colonies etc and everything related to that? Short but still something.

In comments previously, I spoke of history of 1700s like monarchs playing with armies. This seems so much like this. Naughty grandchildren squabbling over grandma's favour. How different to the WW1 aims video descriptions of peoples appealing to US ideas of self determination. It did touch on it with the press stirring up national sentiment. Interesting that this is around the time when Yellow Press had a role in US v Spain in Cuba. I am now wondering if each country had its Citizen Kane to match? Lastly, the idea Britain only wanted to uphold Belgian neutrality in 1914 seems less and the idea of it seeking gains seems enhanced. Could King George have verbally "banged his cousins heads together" to stop things or was his gran the last with such authority? Very interesting as always.

Kaiser: Cousin, can we not have a war and instead peace!? King, the Tzar and President: NO!!!!

interesting to think many commanding British officers in WW1 served in the Second Boer War. Many streets in the Netherlands are named after war heroes like Paul Kroeger. And i think the Boer concentration camps built by the British were very comparable to the enslavement in the German colonies of Africa (Tanzania Namibia Togo Cameroon).

"Granmama was not amused."

One mistake; Cameroon never was fully handed over to the Germans around this time, just pointing out a map inaccuracy.

You could make what if video

"Are your parties a bore?" "No, the Boer War, actually"

Lore of When the Kaiser Saved Britain: Wilhelm, Britain, and the Boer War momentum 100

Historical determinism is the biggest threat to world peace

why are"von"s removed &or replaced,sporadically? happens alot&in the past,not so much. G Davis ,WW1 guy

Massive miss by Germany. That Continental League could poison Anglo-French relations, if nothing else.

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Interesting

1st, last time I was this early, it was the 19the century

Here in the Netherlands i lived i a Transvaalneighnourhood with a Paul Krugestraat, Paul Krugerkade and a Paul.Krugerpark. The.jouses were built aound 1905. All there also neighbourhoods mamed after the Boer (= farmer in Dutch) war in England? Our Paul Krugerpark is.later.renamed to Nelson Mandelapark.

I love your love of Salisbury

2 videos in a week? I'm dreaming

1:35 Using orange to make it look like a fried chicken was intentional, wasn't it?

Shame on the Netherlands for not helping their brothers and sisters in South Africa. I know they probably could have done nothing, but still, their foreign ministry could have spoken out. 🇳🇱 🇿🇦 As always, Old Britannica, a treasured chestnut from your keen mind. 🇬🇧

And they say Wilhelm hated England!

Britain: having a hard time Germany: nah i got your back tea boy

Thanks for not showing Oman as British. Remember Kuwait, Qatar, and much of Malaysia were considered protected states only as well

5:20

This was the biggest mistake of the German Empire. It's dangerous being an enemy of the Anglo. It is deadly to be their friend.

So, an independent "western" nation like the boers were sold out for some faraway colony in Samoa, that the gemans had no position in defending in long term. Wilhelm II was a complete fool.

Queen Victoria was grandmother to the whole of the world and the Great Nations could always find other common interests, such as disturbances in their development projects with Imperial China. Acts of barbarism that offended civilized society would be perpetrated by various uncivilized peoples and advanced civilizations of the time felt it their duty to punish such actions and aid peoples the education for becoming civilized; Of course, this included Christian Missionaries spreading the word and these fellas were common targets of torture-death squads over the centuries on the mainland in the East and upon the islands of the East. In 1900, the Imperial Chinese once again violated oaths and treaties in a campaign of genocide against non-Chinese and Chinese Christians and their properties (lands ceded from prior wars lost they had signed and agreed as peace terms). It is way meatier of course, including the USA no longer needing migrant labor and so repatriating a great deal of Chinese peasants from the States back over to Mainland China (they were valuable day laborers for completion of the US transcontinental railroad). So, they got stomped again and had their Imperial Palace razed to the ground in response to crimes against humanity. And, while one power built the scientific marvel of the Panama Canal, another was experiencing the collapse of Empire - At one time in history, a rival for the strongest power on Earth after consolidation under Ghengis Khan's Mongol Empire Just a footnote in the grand scheme of things, but worth noting nonetheless for Eight-Nation involvement during the 'Boxer Rebellion' of 1899-1901.

Hail to the Kaiser!

And here we see the basic problem for the Kaiserreich; can't ally with Britain, but can't restore the alliance with Russia either. This would have fatal consequences just 15 years later.

He should be praised for this

And what was our thanks?

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Honestly Queen Victoria telling her grandson no she a giga chad move 123 years early

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If the current laws of succession were in place at the time of Queen Victoria’s passing, the British crown would have gone to her eldest child, the Princess Royal Victoria. As she only survived her mother by less than a year, that would have meant the next king of England and the British Empire would have gone to her eldest child …Wilhelm! I’m pretty sure Wilhelm wouldn’t have allowed the British Empire to form an alliance against his German Empire and that both France and Russia wouldn’t have dreamed of going to war against such an alliance. Oh well, at least Europe is now being conquered peacefully by gangs of thieves and rapists.

If only the Kaiser hadn't been such a fool to think he could trust the Anglo...

Even if the Germans, Russians and French tried to impose a peace, they could have done nothing to make it a reality. To fight alongside, or to supply the Boers, they would have needed to control the seas. At this point in time the Royal Navy would have had no issues with dealing with all three simultaneously, and if it wasn't able to you can guarantee this theoretical alliance would indeed have taken place. Germany didn't save Britain- Britain's navy did.

Wilhelm II wouldn’t have been such a bad ruler if only he wasn’t so bad a ruling. Constantly putting his foot in his mouth, breaking with his advisors to show that he could and letting his national pride constantly get the better of him

The Boar wars is a perfect example of the British using concentration camps and wars of attrion long before the Nazis came to power

The Kaiserriech could do little in Africa after the Congress of berlin it got what it wanted there and the Samoan concession was more important to it. France had no possessions near the Boer republics and only a few borders near Britain's in West Africa.

Grranny I Vant to be a grreat emperor too but ze boys vont let me 😭 🤣

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Watch how they repaid us

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When diplomacy was less cold, less dumb and more interesting.

I’m a bit mixed on Kaiser Wilhelm on this. On one hand he made the right call. Forming a continental system against Britain would’ve been a disaster for Germany. Britain would’ve given concessions to Russia and France, leaving Germany with nothing but strained relations with London. On the other hand he acted like a complete man-child to Queen Victoria, Edward, and Salisbury. Got the public against him and Anglo-German relations ended up soured eventually anyway. But hey at least he got an island out of it.

Better if the Kaiser saved Austria-Hungary, the Russian empire, the Ottoman Empire and his own empire by not being dumb as dogpoop.

The more I learn about Wilhelm II the I'm convinced that he really was just an idiot

England and germany should have worked together

England spent more on that war than all her wars combined to that date.