/ Tallinna Päevaleht were forbidden. This situation lasted until November 10, 1918. Germany denounced the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with all its (then secret) additional protocols on 5 November 1918. August Winnig, the last German representative in Estonia signed the treaty with the Estonian Provisional Government on November 19, 1918, giving all the administration power to the Estonian Provisional Government. Soviet Russia invaded Estonia on November 28, 1918, starting the Estonian War of Independence. German military administrators Three German military administrations (Etappenverwaltungen) - Estonia, Livonia and Ösel - were set up as German advance progressed. The military administrators were at first subordinated to the Ober Ost 1917 - 1918 and then to the Head of the Military Administration of the Baltic Lands. Estonia Head of the Administration Verwaltungschefs Ösel (for the West Estonian archipelago (Moonsund archipelago), Ösel being the German name for Saaremaa, the major island) Head of the Military Administration Verwaltungschefs October 1917 - February 1918 Gen. Franz Adolf, Freiherr von Seckendorff (1857) March 1918 - November 1918 Gen. ... von Balk 1918 - Gen. Franz Adolf, Freiherr von Seckendorff References Independence of Estonia Military history of Estonia World War I Politics of World War I German military occupations Conflicts in 1918 Conflicts in 1917 1917 in Estonia 1918 in Estonia Estonia–Germany military relations