 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Wilhelm akanga ari shamwari yeArchduke Franz Ferdinand weAustria, uye akashamiswa zvikuru nokupondwa kwake musi wa 28 June 1914. Wilhelm akazvipira kutsigira Austria-Hungary mukuparadza Black Hand, sangano rakavanzika rakaronga kuuraya, uye akatotendera kushandiswa kwesimba neAustria kurwisa kunonzi kunobva kufamba Serbia izvi zvinowanzodaidzwa kuti cheki isina chinhu. Akanga achida kuramba ari muBerlin kusvikira dambudziko ragadziriswa, asi vakuru vakuru vake vakamunyengetedza kuti aende pane rwendo rwake rwegore negore rweNorth Sea musi wa6 July 1914. Wilhelm akaita nhamburiko dzisingapindirani dzokugara pamusoro penhamo kupfurikidza neteregiramu, uye apo hurukuro yokupedzisira yeAustria-Hungaryakaendeswa kuSerbia, akakurumidza kudzokera kuBerlin. Akasvika muBerlin musi wa 28 July, akaverenga kopi yemhinduro yeSerbia, ndokunyora pairi kuti: 