No: He expected Germany to be victorious.
Are you kidding? Andrew Carnegie represented a huge Western consortium of major businesses when he offered Kaiser Wilhelm and Germany a multi-bllion-dollar package of aid to address his stated concerns regarding their parity with other Western European nations. The Kaiser thanked Carnegie, but then waxed on about the German peoples' historical grievances, etc. etc. And on another count, in the Balkans, the Serbs had aquiesced to the Austrian Hungarian rulers there on all but a few remaining points in demands which they had felt strongly about, having to do with preserving their ethnic identity. Even the Austrian & Hungarian leaders told Kaiser Wilhelm in the event that the Serbs could not realistically be expected to back down those last emaining positions, and still retain their honour. But the Kaiser demanded they give in on everything, and this as much as other causes led to war. Along with some historians, I suspect the Kaiser's interest in war was fueled by Britain's difficulties in defeating the Boers of South Africa (nearly 400,000 Brit troops to about 80,000 Boers). If you really wish to delve very deeply into root psychology behind this war, there are credible historians who point out the links going back nearly 300 years to the Thirty Years War, which devastated Germany and its population so badly that it took many generations to begin recovering.
The Kaiser you seek is Wilhelm.
Kaiser Wilhelm the second was the leader of Germany for most of world war one.
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Kaiser Wilhelm II
The leader of Germany in WW1 was not a king, his title was Kaiser, specifically, Kaiser Wilhelm II
Kaiser Wilhelm II was the kaiser (emperor of Germany) during the time of World War 1. by trying to show off Germany's army's strength, alliances were made against him.
Frederick William Victor Albert of Hohenzollern, also known as Kaiser Wilhelm was the leader of Germany during WWI
Frederick William Victor Albert of Prussia
Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann is a German composer with an interest in New Age and World Music. He composes for classical instruments and ensembles.
Kaiser Wilhelm 2nd
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Kaiser Wilhelm
The Kaiser you seek is Wilhelm.
Kaiser Wilhelm the second was the leader of Germany for most of world war one.
Weltpolitik ("world policy") was the foreign policy of Kaiser Wilhelm II
No Germany was defeated & the Kaiser went into exile in the Netherlands.
Kaiser Wilhelm II