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) on 15 August they accepted the surrender of Japanese forces occupying Hong Kong. "King George V" and "Duke of York" were present at the official Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay. After the end of World War II, "King George V" became the flagship of the Home Fleet until December 1946, when it became a training vessel, before being scrapped in 1957. "Duke of York" became the flagship of the Home Fleet after "King George V", until April 1949, before being scrapped in 1957. "Howe" returned to Portsmouth in January 1946 and spent the remainder of her career there before being