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During WWI, in the Eastern front, the Germans launched the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive in 1915 that resulted in an event known as the "Great Retreat" where the Russians fled Poland to establish a better defense around west Belarus and Ukraine. But what if they failed to create a defensive line in OTL and the Germans end up capturing the Baltics, Belarus, and Ukraine similarly in the Operation Barbarossa? With the loss of these lands, the Central Powers are now closer to cities like Petrograd and Moscow where they have a good potential to even capture them as well. What is the result? How would the Germans and the Austrians face the conditions of being in an area completely far away from their home with a lack of infrastructure and cold weather? What would the Russians' response be?
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