Abdication of Wilhelm II and the Dutch government, however, refused the Allies' requests to extradite him. King George V wrote that his cousin was "the greatest criminal in history", but opposed Prime Minister David Lloyd George's proposal to "hang the Kaiser". U.S. President Woodrow Wilson also opposed extradition, arguing that punishing Wilhelm would destabilize international order and lose the peace. Wilhelm first settled in Amerongen, where on 28 November he issued a belated statement of abdication of both the Prussian and imperial thrones. He also released his soldiers and officials in both Prussia and the empire from their oaths of loyalty to him. Wilhelm
King George V-class battleship (1939) scrapped in 1957. "Anson" briefly served as the flagship of the 1st Battle Squadron of the British Pacific Fleet and helped to re-occupy Hong Kong, however, in 1949 she was placed into reserve before being scrapped in 1957. Books King George V-class battleship (1939) The "King George V"-class battleships were the most modern British battleships in commission during World War II. Five ships of this class were built: HMS "King George V" (1940), HMS "Prince of Wales" (1941), HMS "Duke of York" (1941), HMS "Howe" (1942) and HMS "Anson" (1942). The Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 limited all of the