Central Power Victory in "WW1"

Yes, but the devil is in the details, how does Germany win at the Marne?

Get rid of Eiffel Tower !

Why ? it was used as Military Radiostation during WW1 by French Army.
and it play important Role in battle of Marne
See the Germany Army radio message were transmitted unencrypted in German language, easy to intercept and translate at Eiffel Tower Radiostation.

in 1909 City of Paris got the rights on Eiffel Tower, original was planned to dismantling and sell the metal to industry and ground to estate agents.
in december 1909 the authority voted narrowly for retains the Eiffel Tower for Military use.
so far i know it was one vote in favor for Tower
 
My own feeling as that the Marne is too late for a ko. Rather than abandon Paris, the French are liable to dig in and hold on to the end, so you probably still get the trench war, though of course the Front could be much deeper inside France, perhaps leading to a CP win sometime in 1915/16. For a win in 1914, for my money the Battles of the Frontiers are the best, if not only, chance.

I agree. I think 'victory' on the Marne basically means not having the counter-attack and retreat to the Aisne, it doesn't mean encircling and destroying an Army and continuing the advance past Paris. The German chances for victory in the west as per the Schlieffen plan were in August (20-25th?) when they could have possibly encircled and/or cut off the BEF and French 5th Army. After that the best they can hope for is to push the French back far enough to win the Race to the Sea and win the long war.
 
How does Germany get rid of the Eiffel Tower in 1914?

The French wanted that themselves:
in 1909 were a voting in Paris city council, about what to do with Eiffel Tower, after end of it 20 years permit.
original plan was to demolish the tower and make place for real estate development,
in end the french military won narrowly the vote and used the Tower as holder for Radio antenna cables.
During WW1 the Eiffel Tower was restricted area and its Military Radio station help the French Army enormously.

now if a German real estate agents manage to bribe the voters in favor to demolish the tower in 1909 ?
 
I believe Germany could have won the war without changin to much, have the planned start day of the unleashing of the submarines after the Russian Revolution. With that you would hopeful keep the US out of the war, no one knows with Widrow Wilson and his group of men. This will mean that Germany will have numerical superiority and “time” on there side for the spring offensives of 1918 rather then the Entente.
 
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