Occupied Enemy Territory East

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Occupied Enemy Territory East was a World War I-era military occupation zone in the eastern territories controlled by the German Empire on the Eastern Front.

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Occupied Enemy Territory East canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I military occupation
military occupation zone
alsoKnownAs Ober Ost
appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction Belarus
Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
surface form: Courland

Grodno Governorate
Kovno Governorate
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Suwalki Governorate
Vilna Governorate
capital Kaunas
commander Erich Ludendorff
Max Hoffmann
Paul von Hindenburg
Prince Leopold of Bavaria
conflict World War I
country German Empire
currency German mark
Ostmark
Ostruble
endTime 1918
1919
establishedAsResultOf German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
surface form: German occupation of Russian Empire territories
followedBy Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Latvia
surface form: Republic of Latvia

Lithuania
surface form: Republic of Lithuania

Second Polish Republic
governmentType military administration
headquartersLocation Kaunas
languageUsed German
Lithuanian
Polish
Russian
Yiddish
legalBasis German military decrees
locatedIn Eastern Europe
militaryBranch Imperial German Army
nativeName Oberbefehlshaber der gesamten Deutschen Streitkräfte im Osten
notableFor German colonial-style administration in Eastern Europe
economic exploitation of occupied territories
infrastructure and railway development under German control
large-scale use of forced labor
occupyingPower German Empire
partOf Eastern Front
precededBy Russian Empire
shortName Ober Ost
startTime 1915

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Occupied Enemy Territory Administration appliesToJurisdiction Occupied Enemy Territory East