Between Brest-Litovsk and the point when the situation in the Western Front became dire, some officials in the German government and the high command began to favor offering more lenient terms to the Allied Powers in exchange for their recognition of German gains in the east.
Mellem Brest-Litovsk og det tidspunkt, hvor den tyske militære situation i vest blev sværere, begyndte nogle embedsmænd i den tyske regering og overkommando at foretrække at tilbyde mere lempelige vilkår for de allierede i bytte for anerkendelse af tyske landvindinger i øst.