Quote Originally Posted by Enguerrand de Sarnéac
Brest-Litovsk wasn't really signed because Russia would be losing the war, was it? It was because of internal troubles in Russia (commies had just come to power)
or am I totally messing it up?
Perhaps history turns it that way that nations that didn't sign to these kind of treaties, actually won, won against low odds...
The Russians, or more accurately Lenin and his men, didn't stand a chance. They were on the verge of civil war, food supply was seriously messed up, the armies were practically non-existant due to (potential) mutinees, and above all Russia wasn't and at that point could not be mobilised for total war in the way Germany was. Peace at any cost was the only option open to Lenin if he wanted to keep hold of his power.