Yes
The kaiser was jealous because of when he was a child h visited his relatives in England and saw the British navy. He decided that one day he would build a navy greater than that of Britain
He was known as "Kaiser Bill" to the British soldiers.
Kaiser Wilhelm By 1911 the country was run by Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg but in key area such as the armed forces and foreign policy the General Staff dictated to the government. In 1908 the Kaiser had given an absurd interwiew to the Daily Telegraph in which he claimed that he personally had won the Boer War for Britain. People just fell about laughing and the politicians clipped his wings.
Kaiser means emperor in German and and what kaiser Wilhelm wanted was to make Europe a part of his empire.
Wilhelm II was a frequent visitor to Britain when he was young as lots of his relatives were members of the British royal family. His grandmother was Queen Victoria of Britain, his uncle was King Edward VII and his cousin was the future King George V. Growing up he would have seen the richness of the British Empire and it was only natural to try to emulate this for his own country. Germany did obtain an empire in Africa and the western Pacific but not as large as Wilhelm wanted. The Great Naval Race of the early 1900s was an extension of his need to do better than his relatives by trying to build more battleships than the British Royal Navy had.
Kaiser Wilhelm's grandmother was Queen Victoria of England.
He was jealous because Great Britains Empire was larger then that of Germany so he wanted the biggest empire. Also Great Britain had the best navy so Kaisar was jealous.
The British Empire was much bigger than the German one Britain won the war in the end Other personal reasons?
Kaiser Wilhelm was jealous because the British empire was much larger than the German one. Also, the British had the best navy.
because the Kaiser was jealous of the British navy and had a big army
Britain, because they are jealous that Australia is a better country
Because they were all jealous and afraid of Britain's power and size so they were in favor of anything that would weaken it.
Britain became involved in WW1 because: * Imperialism - Britain wanted to keep their empire, and Germany wanted more. * Naval Race - the Kaiser was jealous of the British navy and Britain wanted to hold onto what they had. * German Industrial Rivalry - Germany led the way in new technology. * Schlieffen plan - Britain had to help defend Belgium and France when it was put into practise. * Triple Entente - Britain had to go to war to help Russia and France. * Belgium treaty - promise to protect Belgium's neutrality.
Kaiser Wilhem II was the leader of Germany during World War 1. He was related to George V of Britain and Nicholas II of Russia. His grandmother was Queen Victoria.
Yes, they were very jealous of Britains £390 million empire. Britain also possessed 185 warships and 64 submarines compared to Germany's feeble 97 and 23.
Germany was envious of Britain because Britain was of great power and it was the world's richest nation, Britain also ruled an empire containing a quarter of the human race.
Wilhelm II was Kaiser (Emperor)Prince Berhard von Bulow was Chancellor
because they were jealous of the weapons grat Britain hed in world war two