Question

How did the first world war affect the 1917 russian revolution?

Answer 1

Answer:

Throughout WWI, the Germans were fighting a two-front war.  They were fighting against France and England in the west and against Russia in the east.  This meant, of course, that they had to divide their military strength between the two fronts.  In 1918, the Bolsheviks concluded the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the Germans.  Now, the Eastern Front no longer existed for the Germans.  They could take their troops from that front and throw them into the Spring Offensive that started a few weeks later on the Western Front.  This helped the Germans to some degree.  However, the help that came from bringing the troops from the Eastern Front was negated by the influx of American troops since the US had finally started to get its military fully involved in the war by that time.  Even with the movement of troops from the Eastern Front, the German offensive failed and the Germans lost the war.

Thus, the Russian Revolution did not change the outcome of the war.  It changed some of the details of how the war played out, but it did not change the ultimate outcome.