Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah
.@swanpatg It very nearly worked, just as paying Lenin almost worked. Germany’s Spring 1918 offensive, made possible by the Bolsheviks pulling Russia out of the war, nearly beat us. — PolitiTweet.org
Patrick Roberts @swanpatg
@ClarkeMicah @MSchreckenstein Correct. Germany provoked it as they believed they could steamroller it. Deluded but anticipated short war.