I vaguely remember a rumour going around here that if Germany had kept chugging for a few months longer, and Ludendorff hadn't had all but a mental breakdown, then their gains in the East could have sustained them for a good while and drawn the war back into a stalemate. First, is this true? And second, if Germany does manage to hang on, could the Anglo powers have lost the will to fight and tried to seek a negotiated peace? What would that look like, especially with regard to Alsace-Lorraine?