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A dentist (Uncle Sam) about to extract a tooth from a patient (Kaiser Wilhem II); representing America's successful involvement in the First world war. Pen drawing by P. Forbes-Robertson, 1918.

Kaiser Wilhelm II as a blacksmith is hammering chains representing the British Empire, trying to break them. Drawing by A.G. Racey, 191-.

A dentist (Woodrow Wilson) forcefully extracting a tooth from a patient (Kaiser Wilhelm II); representing America's successes in the First world war. Pen drawing by E.J. Sullivan, 1918.

World War I: the Kaiser as a chemist trying to dissolve the Allies but finding that his solvents do not work. Ink drawing by J. Walker, 1916.

An apothecary sells tablets to the King and Queen of the Netherlands the 'socialist epidemic' ostensibly sweeping through Europe. Reproduction of a lithograph by J. Braakensiek, 1890.

The Kaiser angrily throwing his medicines on to the floor and shouting at his physicians that he needs a victory not tablets. Pen drawing by J.H. Dowd, 1914.

Kaiser and Führer : a comparative study of personality and politics / Robert G.L. Waite.

Wilhelm II : prince and Emperor, 1859-1900 / Lamar Cecil.

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A dentist (Uncle Sam) about to extract a tooth from a patient (Kaiser Wilhem II); representing America's successful involvement in the First world war. Pen drawing by P. Forbes-Robertson, 1918.

The Kaiser angrily throwing his medicines on to the floor and shouting at his physicians that he needs a victory not tablets. Pen drawing by J.H. Dowd, 1914.

World War I: the Kaiser as a chemist trying to dissolve the Allies but finding that his solvents do not work. Ink drawing by J. Walker, 1916.

Kaiser and Führer : a comparative study of personality and politics / Robert G.L. Waite.

Wilhelm II : prince and Emperor, 1859-1900 / Lamar Cecil.