Wilhelm II, German Emperor after his consent had been gained that major changes to the high command could be effected. Wilhelm was in favour of the dismissal of Helmuth von Moltke the Younger in September 1914 and his replacement by Erich von Falkenhayn. In 1917, Hindenburg and Ludendorff decided that Bethman-Hollweg was no longer acceptable to them as Chancellor and called upon the Kaiser to appoint somebody else. When asked whom they would accept, Ludendorff recommended Georg Michaelis, a nonentity whom he barely knew. The Kaiser did not know Michaelis, but accepted the suggestion. Upon hearing in July 1917 that his cousin George V
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