WI Germany doesn't withdraw from Baltic?

[Emperor Casey]

So in 1919 Germany withdrew its troops from the lands it had gained in the Treaty of Brest Litovsk. What if it hadn't or waited longer to do so? Could it mean more friendly governments to Germany? Stronger states to try and resist the Soviets later on?

 

[Cymraeg]

So in 1919 Germany withdrew its troops from the lands it had gained in the Treaty of Brest Litovsk. What if it hadn't or waited longer to do so? Could it mean more friendly governments to Germany? Stronger states to try and resist the Soviets later on?

Then Germany finds itself at war again, at a huge disadvantage and with millions of Allied troops about to advance on the Rhine.

 

[rast]

The main reason for holding out in the Baltic states was getting the troops from Russia and the Ukraine out - while circumventing hostile Poland. This operation was finished in March 1919 because rail traffic in the Ukraine was no longer safe. (There remained an isolated outpost at Nikolayevsk, which later was evacuated over sea by the French.)

After the end of the evacuation, there was no reason to stay - and only some Freikorps remained (partly asked for by the British), but these Freikorps soon were at cross with the national governments - and eventually had to leave as well (after the British had changed their mind).