World War I Simulation 2005

Fall 1916 will prove to be the most crucial season yet as enemy armies sit outside three of the European capitals.

The German-Italian alliance takes the headlines along with the crucial provinces of Picardy and Marseilles in Eastern France. Will France recover in time to prevent its downfall? Will Britain come to its ally's rescue?

Austria-Hungary attempts again to take Serbia in retaliation for the assasination of royal heir Archduke Franz Ferdinand, but the Austrian forces again prove insufficient to complete the job. However, the Austro-Hungarian army attacking Russian Sevastopol succeeds, devastating Russia's chances much beyond 1916.

Russia, meanwhile, is faced with the difficult choice of saving Sevastopol, attacking the German capital of Berlin, or defending its own capital of St Petersburg. Will the Central Powers successfully coordinate the final blow to knock Russia out of the war, or will Tsar Nicholas outthink them? Will Britain hit and weaken Germany from behind, thus breathing life into Russia for another year?

Amidst the excitement in Northern Europe, Italy quietly sends an army into Austrian Tyrolia for unknown reasons.