There are a lot of TLs on AH about a Central powers victory, or perhaps even a quicker Entente victory in the Great War. But I had something different in mind.
What if the Great War dragged on for even longer than it did, grinding down Britain, France and Germany and causing unrest everywhere? What if, after years of bitter, bloody warfare battered powers agreed to status quo anti bellum? This does not include the Eastern Front, which would be a clear German Victory as OTL.
The POD would be no later than January 1, 1915. How would all of this affect Europe?
Germany would likely suffer through the same revolutions and starvation problems. Likely, we would find a German republic negotiating peace with the Entente. A disintegrating Austria would merge with this new German Republic. Politicans would try to convince the German people that overall The Great War was overall a victory for Germany, because of the defeat of Russia. If they are smart, we could easily see a German-dominated Eastern Europe.
France would not be happy. Basically, they lost a generation, and would probably perceive the war as a loss because they failed to limit Germany. There would be a lot of resentment.
Great Britain would recover and eventually accept the fact they no longer dominate Europe like they used to. Nobody's happy about the war, but at least we didn't lose.
Russia would be all kinds of hell. Germany might try to get involved in its civil wars, and who knows how that could turn out. There would be even more resentment here, as it seems to Russia its allies had abandoned her.
What do you think would happen? Is a total stalemate even feasible, or would someone win out eventually?