"Civilian evacuation routes are blocked! Many are expected to be captured as prisoners by German forces!"
"If we can't recover the front line in the short term, people will flee from Paris too. If Paris workers leave, we'll have no industrial facilities to continue the war!"
"Britain is worried about prolonged isolation in the north."
However, Foch, who had risen to Allied Commander-in-Chief and even gained some control over the Supreme War Council, didn't budge.
He knew the essence of Ludendorff's offensive too well.
Increasing American forces.
Collapsing Austria-Hungary.
Every time news of Brusilov's victories in the south reached them, every time American forces stepping on French soil increased, the probability of victory rose.
So even though they lost all fortresses, bases, facilities, and railways, French forces had to endure this winter.
They say Germany's hungry winter is the turnip winter?
