It needed to defeat France on the Western front before Russia could prepare to attack on the Eastern front.
Explanation:
Russia was allied with France and Austria-Hungary was allied with Germany. The Germans needed to help Austria-Hungary, but they needed to defeat France before doing so, otherwise they would be facing a two-front war.
Forty-five of the 102 Mayflower passengers died in the winter of 1620–21, and the Mayflower colonists suffered greatly during their first winter in the New World from lack of shelter, scurvy, and general conditions on board ship. They were buried on Cole's Hill.