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Wilhelm's mother was Victoria, the eldest child of Britain's Queen Victoria. She was a dominating figure in his early life. She attempted to indoctrinate him with the values of Britain's nineteenth century Liberal Party. As as result, Wilhelm had strongly conflicted feelings regarding Britain. He respected British values, but used militarism to overcompensate for his mother's unGermanic influence.

Wilhelm's mother was Victoria, the eldest child of Britain's Queen Victoria. She was a dominating figure in his early life. She attempted to indoctrinate him with the values of Britain's nineteenth century Liberal Party. As as result, Wilhelm had strongly conflicted feelings regarding Britain. He respected British values, but used militarism to overcompensate for his mother's unGermanic influence.

Wilhelm was a prominent figure in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Wilhelm pursued an aggressive foreign policy known as ''Weltpolitik,'' literally "world policy." It is to be distinguished from the ''Realpolitik'' practiced by Bismark, a form of balance of power politics. Wilhelm hoped to persuade Britain to withdraw from European affairs. If he could accomplish this, he imagined that the German army could then defeat both France and Russia, allowing him to emerge with a "Napoleanic supremacy."<ref name=rohl>Röhl, John C. G., ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=FN9GAgAAQBAJ&dq= Wilhelm II: Into the Abyss of War and Exile, 1900–1941]'', (2014), p. xxviii</ref> Mindful of the role the British played in Napolean's defeat, he built up the German navy hoping that this would intimidate Britain. The British countered with a buildup of their own and by forming a "Triple Entente" with France and Russia. Thus the German buildup had an effect opposite to what was intended.

Wilhelm was a prominent figure in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Wilhelm pursued an aggressive foreign policy known as ''Weltpolitik,'' literally "world policy." It is to be distinguished from the ''Realpolitik'' practiced by Bismark, a form of balance of power politics. Wilhelm hoped to persuade Britain to withdraw from European affairs. If he could accomplish this, he imagined that the German army could then defeat both France and Russia, allowing him to emerge with a "Napoleanic supremacy."<ref name=rohl>Röhl, John C. G., ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=FN9GAgAAQBAJ&dq= Wilhelm II: Into the Abyss of War and Exile, 1900–1941]'', (2014), p. xxviii</ref> Mindful of the role the British played in Napolean's defeat, he built up the German navy hoping that this would intimidate Britain. The British countered with a naval buildup of their own and by forming a "Triple Entente" (1907) with France and Russia. Thus the German buildup had an effect opposite to what was intended.

===Role in launching World War I===

===Role in launching World War I===