Probably Lithuania and Poland and perhaps some reparations or demilitarization to sell things at home. IIRC the terms offered in 1915 were quite lenient for this reason: turn the war into a 1 front war.What kind of territory and reparations would Germany demand get if the Russian Provisional government have made peace.
Would they go for otl treaty of brest litovsk or demand Baltic and Poland and some Caucasus land for the ottoman empire
Why should we assume that the Germans, if successful in the West, will then abide by any "moderate" terms they had agreed to in 1917 with Russia? (And that a separate peace in the summer of 1917 would indeed result in a German victory in the West was pretty widely believed at the time.)
Why should we assume that the Germans, if successful in the West, will then abide by any "moderate" terms they had agreed to in 1917 with Russia? (And that a separate peace in the summer of 1917 would indeed result in a German victory in the West was pretty widely believed at the time.)
Why should we assume that the Germans, if successful in the West, will then abide by any "moderate" terms they had agreed to in 1917 with Russia? (And that a separate peace in the summer of 1917 would indeed result in a German victory in the West was pretty widely believed at the time.)
Why wouldn't they?
I doubt that one would even be required to wring further concessions from the Russians.
What actually happened IOTL was the 27 August 1918 amendment to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk reduced some of the harshness and set out quite reasonable terms of payment for the reparations bill, nothing like what the WAllies did to Germany a few months later.
There might be little appetite after a German victory in the West for an all-out war in the East, but given the strength of Germany and the weakness of Russia, I doubt that one would even be required to wring further concessions from the Russians. And in any event, even if a victorious Germany does temporarily comply with the 1917 terms, she is going to have strategic superiority in Europe for a long time to come, and there will very likely be future opportunities for her to weaken Russia still further, e.g., by supporting separatist movements.
Now that's a good point. Still, those types of separatist crises are going to be resolved based on the success or failure of low-level actions, not necessarily guaranteeing that German strategic superiority factors into things.
Of course winning the war would guarantee that Germany would for a long time be a satisfied, stable parliamentary-constitutional monarchy, just like such other war-winners as Italy and Japan!![]()
Of course winning the war would guarantee that Germany would for a long time be a satisfied, stable parliamentary-constitutional monarchy, just like such other war-winners as Italy and Japan!![]()