Did Rasputin have influence/control over the Tsar in WW1? Lets see what French tutor to the Romanov children and close friend to the Tsar had to say -
"Another result of the war, agreeable as unexpected, was that Rasputin had retired into the background. At the end of September (1914) he had returned from Siberia completely recovered from the wound which had all but ended his days. But everything pointed to the fact that since his return he was being more or less neglected. In any case, his visits were more and more infrequent."
Book: "Thirteen Years at the Russian Court" by Pierre Gilliard
"Another result of the war, agreeable as unexpected, was that Rasputin had retired into the background. At the end of September (1914) he had returned from Siberia completely recovered from the wound which had all but ended his days. But everything pointed to the fact that since his return he was being more or less neglected. In any case, his visits were more and more infrequent."
Book: "Thirteen Years at the Russian Court" by Pierre Gilliard