Luft '19

CalBear

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The Germans did successfully invade Russia in WWI, sort of. They won, at least (even though it only happened with the help of the Revolution).

If the Germans press the Russians harder in the beginning of the war then the civil unrest in Russia happens sooner, and more violently.

Actually, if anything it doesn't happen at all. Even with the Tsar's fumbling, it took three years of constant screw up to bring about the Revolution.

If Gemany pours everything in Russia (wcith at the time included much of Poland) it is going to run out of gas. IOTL it never got TO Russia proper.

While it is throwing everything as the Russians, what is France going to do (Russia's sworn Ally aganst the Germans and a country that had a burning desire to kick Germany in the nuts)? It WON'T do what it did in WW II by making a demonstration attack and backing out. It WILL be in the Ruhr inside of 10 days.
 
Thinking of it, if that is the case, why did you choose to make such a radically altering and problematic alteration as Germany Driving East? Would it not have been easier to aim with several smaller changes (noting here that the TL seems butterfly-minimal)?

How? The goal is to have the Germans in a strong fighting position around 1919, and from the discussion thread I posted earlier a Russia First strategy was generally conceded to be effective. But apparently that doesn't work.

Maybe I could do it an in media res TL, where the story starts in 1919 and the Germans are already winning (how is left unexplained)
 
How? The goal is to have the Germans in a strong fighting position around 1919, and from the discussion thread I posted earlier a Russia First strategy was generally conceded to be effective. But apparently that doesn't work.

Maybe I could do it an in media res TL, where the story starts in 1919 and the Germans are already winning (how is left unexplained)
Hm. Must have missed the discussion thread.

Have the other members of the Alliance do better, and make certain the USA keeps out for as long as possible. If you do it right, Italy might still be neutral (and if not, the entry can at least be delayed), and the Ottomans and the Habsburgs will still be hanging on. The Germans and the Central Powers will, admittedly, be hanging on by a thread, but the Entente won't be in tip-top shape either.
 
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