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Name: Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (Germany)

Type: Polity

Start: 1918 AD

End: 1918 AD

Parent: germany

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The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia was briefly a client state of the German Empire. It was proclaimed on 8 March 1918, in the German-occupied Courland Governorate by a Landesrat composed of Baltic Germans.

Establishment


  • March 1918: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia was briefly a client state of the German Empire. It was proclaimed in the German-occupied Courland Governorate by a Landesrat composed of Baltic Germans.
  • Chronology


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    1. World War I


    Was a global conflict between two coalitions, the Allies (primarily France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States) and the Central Powers (led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire). It was mainly caused by the competition of the western countries over domain in Europe and in the rest of the world with their colonial empires. The war ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. The war also caused the Russian Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War.

    1.1.World War I eastern Front

    Was the theatre of war in eastern Europe during World War I.

    1.1.1.Consequences of Brest-Litovsk Treaty in Latvia

    Was the reorganization of Latvia after the Brest-Litovsk Treaty.

    1.2.Aftermath of World War I

    Were a series of treaties and military events that can be considered a direct consequence of World War I.

  • November 1918: The Republic of Latvia was established on 18 November 1918 when it broke away from the Russian Empire and declared independence in the aftermath of World War I.

  • Disestablishment


  • December 1918: The German Military handed over authority to the Latvian national government headed by Kārlis Ulmanis.
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