Oostfrontgebied
Oostfrontgebied is a Dutch term used in historiography to describe the Eastern Front theater of operations in World War II, the area where Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union. It is not an administrative or contemporary political region, but a concept employed to distinguish the eastern front from the Western Front.
Geographically, the Oostfrontgebied covered vast areas of the wartime landscape, including large portions of the Soviet
Historically, the Oostfrontgebied is associated with major operations and battles such as the initial invasion, the
In Dutch-language sources, the term appears in academic texts, museum descriptions, and educational materials to discuss