Paris Offensive

Following a major reorganization of the Central Powers armies, the time for a last offensive of the war has come.

With a significant part of the Eastern Front now garrisoned by the soldiers of newly created Kingdom of Poland - supported by armies of the Austro-Hungarian Empire - The Central Powers were free to redirect their forces west. The plan was simple - take Paris, and have the French Republic collapse entirely, dooming all Entente forces in Europe. Without a bridgehead on the continent, the Entente could forget about winning, and German Empire - especially with Outsiders support - could fight for next ten years without a problem.   The US having a rather reserved approach to the war, and its limited presence on the continent was a factor as way. Merely five hundred thousand American soldiers were in the Western Front. It was bound to hurt.   The majority of the German Empire's forces were invested in this offensive. The effect was one-sided. The second period of trench warfare came to an end, and the campaign was so one-sided that many compared it to the 1870 French-Prussian War. Paris fell, and the main forces of the Entente were pushed back, but not defeated.   Secretly, The Kaiser was tired of the war. The casualties suffered by his Empire were tremendous... and unexpected. He no longer wanted to wage the war. What he dreamed off was a new Vienna Congress, where all sides would sit around the table and - regardless of how long it would take - to fight through their own disagreements, until finally creating a new world order for years to come. Austria-Hungary shared this disposition, and fully supported the Kaiser's plan.   However, to get the Entente to the negotiation table, the Central Powers had to force it to attend. Capturing Paris and causing a complete collapse of France was a necessary prerequisite.   The offensive succeeded, and the Entente decided to attend the so called Weimar Congress - if only to get some much needed time so that the France could reorganize itself internally (though peace on acceptable terms would be sufficient for them as well.)