Fruit or Seed (7)

The Supreme War Council in Paris suffered endless division after America joined in April.

When Commander-in-Chief Joseph Joffre, who had been commanding French forces single-handedly, was promoted to Marshal but voluntarily resigned due to falling popularity, new blood was injected into the Supreme War Council.

Pétain and Foch's line, who had commanded the Central and Northern Army Groups, began entering this war council.

And Rödiger, who had been traveling between Petrograd and Paris through the Mediterranean, finally exploded.

"I thought there was still hope in the recently changed atmosphere of the Supreme War Council! Because real active-duty officers who ran in actual battlefields started speaking, not those who just play politics behind the scenes!"

Despite major changes in military leadership, reality remained unchanged. Rödiger was angry at this reality.