Wilhelm II Quote

The war has ended - quite differently, indeed, from how we expected. Our politicians have failed us miserably.


Reaction to Hindenburg and Ludendorff's advice that an armistice must be requested (29 September 1918), quoted in Fritz Fischer, Germany's Aims in the First World War (New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 1967), p. 634.


The war has ended - quite differently, indeed, from how we expected. Our politicians have failed us miserably.

The war has ended - quite differently, indeed, from how we expected. Our politicians have failed us miserably.

The war has ended - quite differently, indeed, from how we expected. Our politicians have failed us miserably.

The war has ended - quite differently, indeed, from how we expected. Our politicians have failed us miserably.