Today's American Minute — Kaiser
Kaiser, Sultan, World War I, Chaim Weizmann & the Birth of Modern Israel - American Minute with Bill Federer
Chaim Weizmann & the Birth of Modern Israel - American Minute with Bill Federer Kaiser Sultan World War I
In 1898, Sultan Abdul Hamid II purchased rifles from Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II for use in subduing revolts and annihilating Turkey's Armenian population. In exchange, the Sultan granted Germany rights to build a Berlin-Baghdad Railway to access Iraq's oil fields.