![](photos/kaisczar.jpg) | The Kaiser (seated) and cousin Czar Nicholas II (foreground standing) in younger days at a party hosted by Queen Victoria at Baden-Baden in Germany. |
![](photos/kaiser2.jpg) | Wilhelm II in complete regalia. |
![](photos/kaisadff.jpg) | The Kaiser (right) and Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1909. |
![](photos/czarkais.jpg) | The Kaiser (left) and Czar Nicholas II aboard the Kaiser's yacht Hohenzollern. |
![](photos/kaisson.jpg) | The Kaiser (left) consults an officer while son, Prince Wilhelm, and Hindenburg look on. |
![](photos/kaishl.jpg) | The Kaiser (center) working on battle plans with the dynamic team of Hindenburg (left) and Ludendorff. |