the germans invade paris 1914

i believe that trench war fare may become a thing of the past due to the fact that germany without trenches had taken the capital so france could give up or put what resistence it could and britain see what german can would most probaly abandon the alliance. this germany time to prepare help for austria and the eastern front.
 
and with the turn to the offensive. its hard to say depending totally on what france and britain does ie: surrender from france britain pulls out no reason for defensive stratigies while if it doesnt germany couldnt keep up the fight forever
 
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The Sandman

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Just a thought here on a topic most of you have been dancing around; namely, that the Germans were outrunning their supply lines in OTL and simply couldn't move enough men through Belgium fast enough to be able to take and then hold Paris.

Have the German high command realize that problem with the plan (the congestion in Belgium) and explicitly devote more time and money to building an engineering corps that could overcome it. In particular, repair and extension of local rail and telegraph/telephone lines would be crucial, along with a much more heavily motorized logistics corps.

Aiding that effort might be a slightly different plan for how to deploy the assorted armies during the assault. Instead of devoting a particular army to the thrust towards Paris, devote several; as each one starts to reach the limits of its supply train and troop endurance, it stops moving forward and expands to the sides of the Paris-bound thrust, with a different and fresher army coming up through its previous position. The depleted armies, meanwhile, advance to critical positions along the flanks of the thrust, where they halt, regroup, and continue onwards.
 
Aiding that effort might be a slightly different plan for how to deploy the assorted armies during the assault. Instead of devoting a particular army to the thrust towards Paris, devote several; as each one starts to reach the limits of its supply train and troop endurance, it stops moving forward and expands to the sides of the Paris-bound thrust, with a different and fresher army coming up through its previous position. The depleted armies, meanwhile, advance to critical positions along the flanks of the thrust, where they halt, regroup, and continue onwards.

if only you were german general during 1914
 

The Sandman

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if only you were german general during 1914

If I were a German general in 1914, I'd probably have spent most of my tenure attempting to make sure a certain Austrian-born corporal gets smeared across the landscape by a French shell. ;) :p

Also, I'm by no means an expert on warfare in general or WWI in particular, so I'd wait to hear from one of the Board's resident experts on either of those topics before popping any bottles of celebratory schnapps.
 
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