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In the 1914 of our time line, the formations of the German Army were "square." That is, each army corps consisted of two infantry divisions, each infantry division of two infantry brigades, and each infantry brigade of two infantry regiments. A number of military experts (such as Friedrich von Bernhardi) condemned this system, arguing that a "triangular structure" (army corps of three infantry divisions and infantry divisions of three infantry regiments) would make formations easier to handle and, in particular, would greatly facilitate the focus of efforts (Schwerpunktbildung). However, the "square" organizational scheme was retained, largely because changing it would require a great deal of reorganization in the administrative infrastructure of the various German states.

Let us assume that, in 1912 or so, the objections to triangularization were overcome. How would it effect the way that German formations fought in the opening campaigns of the Great War of 1914?
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