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![[General Paul von Hindenburg, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and General Erich Ludendorff standing at a table, examining large maps]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvZ2VuZXJhbC1wYXVsLXZvbi1oaW5kZW5idXJnLWthaXNlci13aWxoZWxtLWlpLWFuZC1nZW5lcmFsLWVyaWNoLWx1ZGVuZG9yZmYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/233/jpg "[General Paul von Hindenburg, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and General Erich Ludendorff standing at a table, examining large maps]")
![[Emperor Wilhelm II, full-length portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvZW1wZXJvci13aWxoZWxtLWlpLWZ1bGwtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Emperor Wilhelm II, full-length portrait]")
![[John W. Weeks, Edwin Denby, and Herbert Hoover with map of Japan]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjMvMDEvMDEvam9obi13LXdlZWtzLWVkd2luLWRlbmJ5LWFuZC1oZXJiZXJ0LWhvb3Zlci13aXRoLW1hcC1vZi1qYXBhbi02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[John W. Weeks, Edwin Denby, and Herbert Hoover with map of Japan]")
![[Wilhelm I, Emperor of Germany, in regalia, half-length portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvd2lsaGVsbS1pLWVtcGVyb3Itb2YtZ2VybWFueS1pbi1yZWdhbGlhLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1yaWdodC1iMDhmNzktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Wilhelm I, Emperor of Germany, in regalia, half-length portrait, facing right]")
![[Prinz Heinrichsbaude, with the Schneekoppe, Riesengebirge, Germany]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvcHJpbnotaGVpbnJpY2hzYmF1ZGUtd2l0aC10aGUtc2NobmVla29wcGUtcmllc2VuZ2ViaXJnZS1nZXJtYW55LWQyM2QxMi02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[Prinz Heinrichsbaude, with the Schneekoppe, Riesengebirge, Germany]")
![[German emperor Wilhelm II, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvZ2VybWFuLWVtcGVyb3Itd2lsaGVsbS1paS10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVyLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zZWF0ZWQtZmFjaW5nLWxlZnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/53/webp "[German emperor Wilhelm II, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left]")
![[Kahlenberg and Leopoldsberg, Vienna, Austro-Hungary]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUva2FobGVuYmVyZy1hbmQtbGVvcG9sZHNiZXJnLXZpZW5uYS1hdXN0cm8taHVuZ2FyeS04NmRhYmYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Kahlenberg and Leopoldsberg, Vienna, Austro-Hungary]")
