I'm almost finished reading Clay's King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three Royal Cousins Who Led the World to War. A good read, I suggest it. One thing that has struck me is how amazingly and disbelievingly dumb Wilhelm II was. Now I'm a fan of the period, and a strong proponent of Bismarck so I've always had a good idea of just how bungled and terrible the post-Bismarckian diplomacy was for Imperial Germany. But this book has opened my eyes to another level at how utterly dense and terrible the German foreign office truly was ... almost entirely due to the Kaiser. Truly, Germany was cursed. Anyway on to my question. I'm thinking of putting together a TL (aptly named above) that removes the Kaiser from the world stage. My question is finding a POD with a time or example when the Kaiser was in danger or had some kind of incident that would put his life at stake. I need it to be after 1882 as I want his son (Frederick William Victor Augustus) to succeed him as Frederick the IV or Williams III ... or whatever he would go by. And before 1895. I don't want the POD to change anything, just hope to alter the outcome to the outcome of removing Willy #2 from the throne. Thoughts on an example? Thoughts on the repercussions?