Importing calendar into iCloud on a Windows PC

I cannot figure out how to import my calender en masse from Google.
I have a Windows (7) PC and an iPhone (6) on iOS 8.
I do not have a Mac
I have Google contacts in iCal (.ics) format.
I have an iCloud account.
I have observed the following problems trying to do this.
There is no native client option for PC Windows other than iCloud web.
There is no option to import calendars on iCloud web.
There is no way to directly import calendars on the iPhone.
There is no secondary syncing option for iCloud calendar on my phone.
Every hack I've seen to get this done relies on having the Mac calendar client. I reiterate: I do not have a Mac.
Additionally, I tried to mail my calendar file to myself and open it in the iOS mail app. This was a partial solution.
I received and could open the file.
I could see all of my events.
I could see the add (all) button in the top right corner.
Upon clicking the add (all) button, I was prompted to pick a destination.
After a moment of processing, a list of my tasks appeared again, but none of them were actually added.
I can add calendar items one-at-a-time using this technique, but that is useless for literally thousands of events.
I accept that Windows PC users are second class citizens here, but making it impossible to migrate is a critical failure. Could the email add method be bugged? Is there another better way to do this? Can we expect better Windows support anytime soon? Lack of decent data/file/image sync with Windows is frustrating, but this is wholly a different problem. I can't even use it with my data.
P.S. Don't say stick with Google. I realize that's always an option. Unlike Gmail, I've always been a bit sketchy about Google Calendar. It's ugly and syncing is a dog.

This post had the answer to the iPhone mail import problem and a lot of really great info as well. (I didn't see it until I made this post)
How can I move my Google calendar to iCloud calendar???
The solution was that the old Google calendar needs to be turned off or the import will not work.

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