The War in Europe was progressing more or less than Bruno had initially expected it to. The front lines had been stalled in the west, as Germany defended its own territory, and that of Luxembourg from repeated French invasion.
Meanwhile, France was slowly grinding their way through Belgium, a nation which had yet to ask for aid from the German Reich. At the same time, the British finally managed to land forces in France, albeit in the South, who were now marching northeast towards Elsass-Lothringen to aid the French Army who were still trying to break through them.
In Isonzo, the Germans and Austro-Hungarians continued to hold the line against the Italians. And in the Balkans, all-out war had broken out with the Serbian Provisional Army being attacked on both sides.