31st March 1905: Wilhelm II provokes the First Moroccan Crisis

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31st March 2020

31st March 1905: Wilhelm II provokes the First Moroccan Crisis

On the 31^st March 1905, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany landed in the Moroccan city of Tangier and expressed his support for the Sultan’s independence from foreign powers.

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