Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko Finland te motu tuatahi i whakapuaki i tōna rangatiratanga mai i Rūhia i te Hakihea o te tau 1917 me te whakatū i a ia i roto i te Pakanga ā-Iwi Finnish i whai ake
mai i te marama o Hanuere ki te marama o Mei 1918. Ko te Polish Republic Tuarua, Lithuania, Latvia me Estonia i hanga i o raatau ake ope taua i muri tonu i te whakakore i te Tiriti o Brest-Litovsk me te tiimata o te whakaeke a te Soviet ki te hauauru i te marama o Noema 1918.