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Wilhelmine Germany: Krupp, Navalism, and the Road to Armageddon
Episode 15 of The History of Germany jumps from Bismarck's dismissal in 1890 into the frantic, glittering, and dangerous world of Wilhelmine Germany. Lucas and Luna explore how Kaiser Wilhelm II's 'New Course' dismantled Bismarck's careful diplomacy, launched a ruinous naval arms race with Britain, and let industrial giants like Krupp shape national policy. They discuss the Tirpitz Plan, the Daily Telegraph affair, the rise of Pan-Germanism and Social Democracy, and the fateful blank check to Austria-Hungary in 1914. This episode uncovers the contradictions of a…
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