A moment of Sanity: Trosky accepts Brest-Litvosky offer
POD: January, 12th, 1918: Leon Trosky is taking a moment of rest in his quarters between meeting with the German delegates. The imperialistic pigs want more territory than what he's willing to give them, at least his government is on the offensive in the Ukraine. Then the chair the revolutionary diplomat was sitting on collapsed due to a faulty leg, when he arose, he suddenly realized just how precarious the revolution is....
Jan 26, 1918: The treaty of Brest-Litvosky is signed between Bolshevik Russia and the German Empire, Austira-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. Russia grants "independence" to Luthania and Poland. In lieu of any payment of indemnities and some informal guarantees that Germany will not interfere (too much) in Lavitia and the civil war for the time being, Russia is also to cede Erdehan, Kars, and Batum to the Ottoman Empire.
On the Western Front Ludendorf and Hindenburg, while glad that the war in the east is over, are quite worried over the growing number Americans in France, if not in the trenches yet. The upcoming offensive must be made to successed, fortunately that Hutier fellow have given them an ace in the sleeve...