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What if the CPs did not launch the Verdun offensive in 1916, nor the Italian offensive and instead attacked the Russians with the full weight of the German and A-H armies?

Romania would certainly stay neutral if the Russians are on the defensive and the A-H army wouldn't fall apart as it did during the Brusilov offensive.
Let's say that instead of attacking along the German front, the offensive was launched in Ukraine with mixed German-Austrian commands and is overall commanded by a German general and staff (Mackensen and von Seeckt again so as to deny OberOst more press).

Launching in Spring after the thaw (May) it would aim to capture Ukraine, prop up the Austrians, keep the Romanians neutral, and perhaps force hasty attacks from the Entente forces in Italy and France.

What would the result of this be?
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