Berlin–Baghdad railway
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The Baghdad railway, also known as the Berlin–Baghdad railway, was started in 1903 to connect Berlin with the then Ottoman city of Baghdad, from where the Germans wanted to establish a port on the Per
Baghdad railway c. 1900–10
Share of the Baghdad railway, issued 31 December 1903
Central Station in Adana, Turkey, 1913
Baghdad Central Station, 2012
Wilhelm II
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Wilhelm II was the last German Emperor from 1888 until his abdication in 1918. His fall from power marked the end of the German Empire as well as the Hohenzollern dynasty's 400-year rule over Prussia.
Berlin–Baghdad railway
…the territories in the Caucasus. Russian support for the railway was achieved only in 1910, when in a meeting with Tsar Nicholas II and German Emperor Wilhelm II assured that no lines were planned into Kurdish or Armenian areas. Discussion of the railway's role as a contributing factor to the outbreak of war is…
Wilhelm in 1902
Wilhelm in 1867, aged 8
Wedding of Prince Henry of Prussia with Princess Irene of Hesse on 24 May 1888. The future emperor Wilhelm II is on the right. The emperor Frederick III is seated on the left and would have died just three weeks after.
Otto von Bismarck, the Chancellor who effectively dictated German policy until Wilhelm II assumed the throne in 1888