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Kaiser Wilhelm II is portrayed as having a significant diplomatic role in the leadup to WWI during the Summer of 1914, but two years later Germany's General Staff under Ludendorff has almost total control over the government. What exactly was Wilhelm's role in governing?

by /u/breakinbread in /r/AskHistorians

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