The annihilation of the 1.5 million-strong military force placed Russia in a very dire situation. However, it was evident that there was a country in even worse straits than Russia, and that was Germany, forced into a defensive strategic withdrawal.
Compared to the firmly united Germany of the war's midway point, the current Germany resembled more a chaotic and disordered amalgamation.
The German Chancellor was not omnipotent; he could not make all Germans trust and obey him.
Whether it be the upper echelons of the German military or government officers, or even those retired old fellows, there were elements within that opposed the Chancellor of Germany.
Although the Chancellor had established domestic intelligence organizations for this very reason, repeatedly scrutinizing those retired old fellows and the higher-ups in the military and political sphere.