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2. Foreign policy of Kaiser Wilhelm II

In 1888, the young and ambitious Wilhelm II came to the throne in Germany, and Bismarck was replaced as Chancellor by Leo von Caprivi in 1890. Kaiser Wilhelm II and Caprivi took German foreign policy on a "new course", also known as "Weltpolitik," that would overturn Bismarck"s system of alliances. What were the aims and consequences of weltpolitik?What was the impact of domestic conditions on Germany"s foreign policy?

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