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Photograph of the Kaiser in post-war exile at DoornVintage Video: Kaiser Wilhelm II's Military Gathering, 1913
 Updated - Saturday, 22 November, 2003

Since ascending the German throne Kaiser Wilhelm II had deliberately adopted a more militaristic pose than his predecessor, determined to achieve a "place in the sun" for Germany along with Europe's other great powers.

The film footage available here (see below) features the Kaiser featuring foremost at a military gathering in 1913, a short period before war began in Europe.

Click here to view footage of the Kaiser (Windows Media, 26 seconds, 350KB).

The German word "U-Boat" was derived from "Unterseeboot" (undersea boat).

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