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GunsnadGlory wrote: No, Germany totally could have won. Russia was utterly ineffective, and Britain did jack in the first few months, which is when the war could have been won- when it was straight Germany on France. If Von Kluck hadn't turned, Paris would have fallen without a fight, the French armies would have been encircled- Cannae, indeed.

With France done, Britain negotiates some sort of peace settlement, probably removing any restrictions on the German navy, in exchange for Belgian neutrality. Russia and A-H duke it out. Most likely result, mass uprisings in both nations, and neither one survives the war. I think Belgian would fail anyhow. The British were the ones who decided the war. Russia could have done better but it had a civil war and quit.