The Germans Needed the Russians Out Offensive

Central powers invited a russian delegation to come to brest litosk, the headquarters of the german army in what is now belleruse. The head negotiator was a guy named adolf yof, a former menshevik and friend of trotsky's who had wholeheartedly embraced radical bolshevism. Also on the negotiating team was kamanef, who was welcomed back into the bolshevik fold after realizing that he kept resigning in protest from the winning team. But though it looked like the russians were coming hat in hand to beg for peace at breslitosk, they were not there to just surrender and peace at any price. They