AHC: More successful Brusilov Offensive

The Brusilov Offensive occurred from June to September 1916 and, has been regarded as one of the most successful offensives in WW1. However, the Imperial Russian Army sustained heavy casualties and, the potential success was allegedly hampered by the ineffectiveness of General Evert's attack.

My question is: how can this offensive be more successful and, what changes would need to occur for this to eventuate?
 
The Brusilov Offensive occurred from June to September 1916 and, has been regarded as one of the most successful offensives in WW1. However, the Imperial Russian Army sustained heavy casualties and, the potential success was allegedly hampered by the ineffectiveness of General Evert's attack.

My question is: how can this offensive be more successful and, what changes would need to occur for this to eventuate?

Perhaps delay the offensive till July/very late June and a more successful Somme offensive on the Western Front - particularly on day one - i.e. increased use of Russian SAPS, greater op sec on behalf of the British (it was Crap at the time), and more Audacity capturing the Craters when it came to the 19 mines that the British Detonated. Oh and increase the number of Mines.

This pins German Reinforcements to the Western Front more so than OTL.
 

BlondieBC

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Easy. The original plan was for the attack in the south (OTL Brusilov Offensive) to be the initial diversion with the main attack into German lines in the North. After the unexpected success in the South, the Tsar sen the forces tasked to the Northern attack to Southern attack. Brusilov correctly opposed the move since it made a mess of his logistics. So instead, follow the original plan. You will still get something near OTL success in the south since the diversionary attack had already hit green fields and was only stopped by the roughly 100 mile limit of wagon based logistics. And you may well also have success against the Germans in the North. And even if you don't you might well tie down enough German troops to derail OTL southern counter offensive.
 

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Perhaps delay the offensive till July/very late June and a more successful Somme offensive on the Western Front - particularly on day one - i.e. increased use of Russian SAPS, greater op sec on behalf of the British (it was Crap at the time), and more Audacity capturing the Craters when it came to the 19 mines that the British Detonated. Oh and increase the number of Mines.

This pins German Reinforcements to the Western Front more so than OTL.
That's ignoring the reason it was launched in the first place: to take pressure off of Italy, which was having the crap knocked out of it during the Asiago offensive. And it was launched as an alternative to attacking the Germans again to help the French, the last time resulting in the Lake Naroch offensive, very bloodily defeated. Delay means Italy is smashed up much worse and maybe knocked out of the war, while the Russians attack the Germans again in the north and get smashed there too. You can't really wait without it becoming a much smaller, more limited offensive, which does away with it's major impact.
 
That's ignoring the reason it was launched in the first place: to take pressure off of Italy, which was having the crap knocked out of it during the Asiago offensive. And it was launched as an alternative to attacking the Germans again to help the French, the last time resulting in the Lake Naroch offensive, very bloodily defeated. Delay means Italy is smashed up much worse and maybe knocked out of the war, while the Russians attack the Germans again in the north and get smashed there too. You can't really wait without it becoming a much smaller, more limited offensive, which does away with it's major impact.

Good point. The Somme was launched early anyway for the reasons you suggest.

I would suggest Bite and hold strategy but I'm not convinced that the 'Tribal' knowledge, skills and experience would allow the British Army to achieve that in June 1916
 
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