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Lets say that, in one of the infinite universes, 1914 goes something like this:

  • Admiral Essen brings Sweden into the CP camp
  • Romania decides to join on the CP side (though not enthusiastically)
  • Ottoman Empire gets its 2 battleships from Britain, but also the Goeben & Breslau and joins the CP
  • A-H focuses on Russia first and gains an early victory against ill-prepared Russian troops, whose mobilization was thrown off-balance by the Romanian entry
  • The subsequent Russian offensive into Galicia is succesfully halted (thus no destruction of the A-H army)
  • French 5th Army is destroyed at Charleroi (nearly happened OTL)
  • The Germans draw at the Marne and win the Race to the Sea, also destroying the initial formations of the BEF in the process
  • Antwerp and its nitrates are taken by Germany (~OTL)
  • Admiral Graf Spee inflicts far more casualties before being defeated
  • High Seas Fleet engages the Royal Navy in the North Sea. A narrow tactical victory for the Germans which does however pursuade Bulgaria to join the CP
  • Invading Russian armies are destroyed in East Prussia (~OTL)
  • French forces attacking into Alasce-Lorrain are soundly defeated (~OTL)
  • A combined Austrian-German-Bulgarian invasion defeats Serbia in late 1914. Serbian army fails to escape
  • The Germans decide to step up production of merchant subs, particularly those built abroad, in order to get critical goods past the blockade. A lot of orders are placed with US shipyards, giving US companies a stake in Germany's fortunes
  • Zimmerman falls down some stairs and breaks his neck
  • Pro-CP King Constantine of Greece and the military gain the upper hand over pro-Entente PM Venizelos. Thus no anglo-french troops in Greece, which also trades with the CP
So, starting from here, how would the war go ? Do the CP stand a chance or are the odds still stacked against them ?
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