The idea of a negotiated peace to end the First World War has been prominent in threads on this website for as long as I have been a member. What I want to achieve with this thread is to discuss what would the final settlement of this sort of negotiated peace look like.
Now, the scenario:
POD is the usual "no USW/Zimmerman telegram leads to no US entry" deal. ITTL, the Entante is getting 30% less of everything in terms of materiel, so a few final offensives are started in late 1917. and early-to-mid 1918. before both sides start negotiations in (insert neutral city here).
Now, the question I'm asking here is can the two opposing blocks (Entante and Central Powers) reach a peace settlement that both sides would find agreeable, and if the answer is yes, what would the conditions be?
At a glance, the Central Powers appear to be in a better position, but both A-H and the Ottomans are at the end of their strenght in mid 1918. Only Germany has a favourable position, and it is blocaded. On the other side of the hill, no unsecured loans mean that the Entante powers are being gradually starved of supplies for the war, and in the French case, even food.
I would also like to stress that the point here isn't to create a "draw" as the result of WWI, only to make both parties agree to a peace treaty.
Now, the scenario:
POD is the usual "no USW/Zimmerman telegram leads to no US entry" deal. ITTL, the Entante is getting 30% less of everything in terms of materiel, so a few final offensives are started in late 1917. and early-to-mid 1918. before both sides start negotiations in (insert neutral city here).
Now, the question I'm asking here is can the two opposing blocks (Entante and Central Powers) reach a peace settlement that both sides would find agreeable, and if the answer is yes, what would the conditions be?
At a glance, the Central Powers appear to be in a better position, but both A-H and the Ottomans are at the end of their strenght in mid 1918. Only Germany has a favourable position, and it is blocaded. On the other side of the hill, no unsecured loans mean that the Entante powers are being gradually starved of supplies for the war, and in the French case, even food.
I would also like to stress that the point here isn't to create a "draw" as the result of WWI, only to make both parties agree to a peace treaty.