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In 1918 the Germans launch the last major land offensive by the Central Powers in World War I. Using battleharded recruits from the Eastern Front, coupled with the Western Theatre troops already tired of life in trenches, Ludendoff and Hindenberg took one more gamble, hoping to th smash the Entente's morale and defensive lines and in the process capture Paris, like the Franco Prussian war years earlier.

My question is this: With the territories gained by knocking Russia out of the war see below..



And the amount of fresh troops coming home from said front. What if Germany had not launched the spring offensive and instead garrisoned Germany against any outside invasion and internal rebellion?

Without a counter attack, would thhe allies be able to break the western front trenchlines? Would Germany be able to force a ceasefire with the west and be able to hhold the gains of brest-litsvok?
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