#Repost @earth_war_facts (@get_repost) ・・・ [Kaiser Wilhelm with his dog in exile c. 1930s] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ After world war one Kaiser Wilhelm II was sent on exile to The Netherlands until his death in 1941. In 1938 in the lead up to world war two, Hermann goering, chief of the Luftwaffe and world war one ace, would visit The ex Kaiser at the his home in the city of doorn. The kaiser was unimpressed with goering saying he was “A vain creature”. After the german takeover of France The kaiser would send Adolf Hitler a telegram saying “Under the deeply moving impression of the capitulation of France I congratulate you and the whole German Wehrmacht on the mighty victory granted by God”. Once germany controlled the Netherlands Hitler, being an ex soldier fighting for the kaiser invited the kaiser back to germany but he refused following his vow “to never return to germany till it's a monarchy again”. ---------------------------------------------------- #ww1 #ww2 #warfacts #historiansunion Follow my comrades @war_tales @interesting_war_facts @ww2_the_history @historians_union_main @history_hankering And my other accounts @earth_war_propaganda @earth_historical_photos @earth_war_memes

The boots worn by the actors portraying American soldiers in “Saving Private Ryan” were made by the same company that supplied boots for American soldiers during the Second World War. #FACT

British and American fighter pilots in World War I weren’t given parachutes due fear of being seen as cowardly. #FACT

Mary Seacole, a Jamaican nurse, applied to join Florence Nightingale in Crimea, but was turned down due to her race. Mary went on her own and set up a hotel for sick and wounded soldiers. #FACT

A rumor spread at a banquet for Czar Nicholas II's coronation that there would not be enough beer and pretzels for everyone in attendance. The resulting crowd crush killed almost 1400 people. #FACT

During the 1991 war in Croatia, a Yugoslav soldier deserted by driving his tank from Croatia to Belgrade and parking it in front of the parliament building. #FACT

The Scottish-American Soldier's monument in Edinburgh is the only monument to the American Civil War outside of the United States. #FACT

The bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki was meant for Kyoto, but the Secretary of War convinced President Truman to remove the city due to its cultural significance. #FACT