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Ok in 1914 the german plan by Shef. Called for 300 k extra troops and invading thru the Netherlands in addition to Belgium.

Wiki ..,,. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlieffen_Plan
Moltke also altered the course of an advance by the armies on the right (northern) wing, to avoid the Netherlands, retaining the country as a useful route for imports and exports and denying it to the British as a base of operations. Advancing only through Belgium, meant that the German armies would lose the railway lines aroundMaastricht and have to squeeze the 600,000 men of the 1st and 2nd armies through a gap 19 km (12 mi) wide, which made it vital that the Belgian railways were captured quickly and intact.

So let's say these modifications take place ...
1. Moltke replaced by Falkenhayne ( what many expected to happen) .. So stable leadership
2 germans recruit at the same level as France (85%) ( so extra 300 k +)
3 invasion goes forward w Netherlands also invaded ( so logistics improved)
4 no move of the 3 corps east
5 some of the extra corps move to seize the channel ports ( does the bef move to block this force) thereby putting the germans in an excellent position if the invasion fails, or does the bef fall back to the channel ports and are removed from the b of Marne.

So these changes do they end the war in the west // do they end in the same situation ......what is result ?
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