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OTL, in 1915 the German had shored up the east, secured a direct connection to the Ottoman empire by taking Serbia , and stopped the British offensive in Mesopotamia at Kut as well as resisting Allied offensives in the west and Italy. But by August 1916 were in serious trouble, so OTL strategy didn't work so well.

Was there a different strategy besides Verdun that they could have done?

a) Strike in the east (when is the earliest they could have done that, May? because of weather). Maybe in the Ukraine to secure food?
b) attack Salonika, (is that even possible to supply that kind of force in the Balkans)?
c) some Alexander the Great style march through Turkey (supply issues?)
d) A different Verdun strategy (maybe strive to take the city early and shorten the line)
e) Attack in Italy (still Neutral with Germany until August 1916)
f) unrestricted submarine warfare in 1916
g) remain on the defensive and negotiate the best peace possible.
h) others?
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