Ober Ost

Supreme Commander of All German Forces in the East Oberbefehlshaber der gesamten Deutschen Streitkräfte im Osten (German)
1914–1919
Flag Coat of arms
Status	Military occupation authority of the German Empire
Capital	Königsberg (HQ, 1919)[citation needed]
Common languages	Polish, Lithuanian, Latvian
Supreme Commander
• 1914–1916	Paul von Hindenburg
• 1916–1918	Prince Leopold of Bavaria
Chief of Staff
• 1914–1916	Erich Ludendorff
• 1916–1918	Max Hoffmann
Historical era	World War I
• Established	1914
• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk	3 March 1918
• German surrender	11 November 1918
• Disestablished	1919
Currency	German Ostmark German Ostrubel
Preceded by Succeeded by Governorate of Livonia Courland Governorate Kovno Governorate Vilna Governorate Grodno Governorate Suwałki Governorate Government General of Warsaw Military General Government of Lublin Kingdom of Poland Ukrainian People's Republic Kingdom of Lithuania Duchy of Courland and Semigallia Belarusian People's Republic United Baltic Duchy
Today part of	Latvia Lithuania Poland Belarus

The Supreme Commander of All German Forces in the East (German: Oberbefehlshaber der gesamten Deutschen Streitkräfte im Osten), also known by its German abbreviation as Ober Ost, was both a high-ranking position in the armed forces of the German Empire as well as the name given to the occupied territories on the German section of the Eastern Front of World War I, with the exception of Poland.^[a] It encompassed the former Russian governorates of Courland, Grodno, Vilna, Kovno and Suwałki. It was governed in succession by Paul von Hindenburg and Prince Leopold of Bavaria. It was abandoned after the end of World War I.
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