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In 1918, as the German army and navy mutinied around him, Kaiser Wilhelm II was forced to abdicate and flee to the Netherlands. The Allies petitioned relentlessly for Wilhelm's extradition, but Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands refused to hand him over.

WI the Netherlands had handed Wilhelm II over? Is there any possibility that we could see a war crimes trial, a la Nuremberg, in 1918 or 1919? More importantly, could Wilhelm and other leaders of the Central Powers (Hindenburg, etc.) end up being hanged or imprisoned? How would this change the inter-war years, if at all? Is there any chance that it could affect Hitler's rise to power?
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