This project explores the persistent socioeconomic effects of military occupation and withdrawal in eastern Germany. Contemporary data, in the context of Cold War records, is used to explore variation in German regions that were heavily occupied by foreign forces. Areas of analysis include public health, economic development, residual political preferences and trade. The scientific nature of the research includes geospatial analysis and draws heavily from recent advances made in the field of institutional economics. Empirical methods under review include spatial regression discontinuity design, spatial interpolation and modified gravity analysis as well as analysis of both fixed effects and random effects assumptions under a collection of controls.