Military zone

A military zone, also known as an occupied zone or military-administrative region, is a territory that is indirectly administered and governed by the armed forces of a nation who occupied it.

According to a more broad definition, a military zone is "any piece of land that is not annexed by the government of the military who captured it by force". This statement also claims that a military zone must have been captured by a military by force, i.e. by siege or a direct assault.

A military zone is also known as an operational zone, which is a zone in which the military plans future operations or performs military exercises.

A military zone is different that other regions controlled by the government whose military captured it by force. Other regions, such as puppet states, client states, satellite states or vassal states, are extremely subordinate either economically or politically to the government of a more powerful state, while a military zone is "indirectly annexed" by the military of the state who captured it by force, meaning that a military zone is extremely subordinate military to a more powerful state.