When Helmuth von Moltke (the younger) (who had chosen the old plan from 1905, made by General von Schlieffen for the possibility of German war on two fronts) told him that this was impossible, Wilhelm said: "Your uncle would have given me a different answer!"
Cando Moltke o Mozo (que elixira executar o plan de 1905, feito polo ex Xeral Alfred von Schlieffen, para a posibilidade dunha guerra alemá en dúas frontes) díxolle que iso era imposible, Guillerme contestoulle: «¡O teu tío deume unha resposta distinta!»