... he had a very large pointed moustache to show his superiority and commanding nature. Having liberalism spoon fed into him from an early age caused him to blame his mother for his withered arm and rebel against her liberal ideas. The result is that we see Germany turning away from liberal ideas during his reign. It is thought that the Kaisers disability was one of the reasons he was so focused and obsessed with creating a powerful military. If he had a strong army and navy, then he could prove his power to people, he became Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces during the First World War. He did this to hide the fact that he was actually physically weak. He surrounded himself with military advisors, indeed he only saw his Chancellor once weekly, though the Chief of the Military cabinet met with the Kaiser three times weekly. This led to ...

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