In december 1917, an armistice was concluded between the Central Powers and the Bolsheviks. The TL;DR version of this is that the CPs initially only demanded for Poland, Lithuania and Courland which roughly corresponded to the frontline. The Bolshevik negotiations stuck with their policy of "no annexations, no indemnities", after which the CP slapped the Bolshevik negotiator with the right to self-determination the Bolsheviks themselves espoused.
That of course just made things worse for them and resulted in OTL's Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with OTL's terms. So what if the Bolsheviks made immediate peace in December 1917 by signing away Poland, Lithuania and Courland to consolidate their revolution instead of March 1918? What are the consequences, if any, on the how the Great War plays out?
Wikipedia said:The Russians only hopes were that given time their allies would agree to join the negotiations or that the western European proletariat would revolt, so their best strategy was to prolong the negotiations. As Foreign Minister Leon Trotsky wrote "To delay negotiations, there must be someone to do the delaying".[17] Therefore Trotsky replaced Joffe as the leader.
That of course just made things worse for them and resulted in OTL's Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with OTL's terms. So what if the Bolsheviks made immediate peace in December 1917 by signing away Poland, Lithuania and Courland to consolidate their revolution instead of March 1918? What are the consequences, if any, on the how the Great War plays out?