I'm not sure; I like the point of departure being the French conscription law changes in 1912. This made France's active army and trained (ish) reserve pool enormous, and unlikely to be encircled or defeated in a sweeping campaign just due to their sheer numbers being able to plug holes in the line or hold shoulders of breakthroughs
They had very detailed intel on Russia's industrial capacity and it's weak political underpinnings, I wonder sometimes if Moltke the younger really considered the math and force to space ratio's instead of just seeing France as weak (which even if they were, they where certainly not weak enough to be defeated in 3 months by 5 armies)
They had very detailed intel on Russia's industrial capacity and it's weak political underpinnings, I wonder sometimes if Moltke the younger really considered the math and force to space ratio's instead of just seeing France as weak (which even if they were, they where certainly not weak enough to be defeated in 3 months by 5 armies)