Leadified said:
Don't get me wrong, the backbone of the Central Powers was Germany without a doubt, but Russia ended up contributing close to a million men for the Caucasus Campaign that ended up being bogged down in the Armenian Highlands. If all those troops were directed towards Germany then Russian domination of Europe might have started 20 years earlier. I can see the argument for taking Paris to force France to surrender like in the Franco-Prussian War but I'm not too sure how Germany could achieve this in 1914 since Blitzkrieg was not yet possible and France had political stability along with British and Belgian troops. |
They came within 50 km of Paris in 1914, and about 80 km in 1918. I'm not exactly sure into how Germany could've broken the lines faster (I'm not much into details of WW1 battles), but considering how effective the German's had been in the past (Prussia was god throughout the 1800s after Napoleon lost), it was within the relm of possibility.
Made a bet with LipeJJ and HylianYoshi that the XB1 will reach 30 million before Wii U reaches 15 million. Loser has to get avatar picked by winner for 6 months (or if I lose, either 6 months avatar control for both Lipe and Hylian, or my patrick avatar comes back forever).