German occupation of Byelorussia during World War II

The German invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II started on 22 June 1941 and led to a German military occupation of Byelorussia until it was fully liberated in August 1944 as a result of Operation Bagration. The western parts of Byelorussia became part of the Reichskommissariat Ostland in 1941, and in 1943, the German authorities allowed local local collaborators to set up a regional government, the Belarusian Central Rada, that lasted until Soviet Union reestablished control over the region.

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