WI in the years leading up to WW1 the Prussian War Ministry evolved in a similar manner to how the pre WW2 Reichswehr Ministry evolved into the OKW, as a body tasked with coordination of the services from 1938?
When would be a opportune time for this to occur? Would it change German planning leading up to war, and would it influence German political decision making?
Further, in WW2 OKW pretty much took control of Command in the West, but in the East OKH retained control. Could a similar evolution occur in WW1, with Ober Ost remaining autonomous in the east but the OKW-analogue developing de facto control of the Army and Navy in the west? Or given the preponderance of German power deployed in the west would OHL reign supreme there and OKW-analogue control Ober Ost in the east as well as the Navy?
IOTL OKW allowed Hitler to retain control of the armed forces, would a WW1 OKW-analogue allow the likes of the Kaiser and Chancellor to retain control in WW1?