Land Forces of the NVA

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army military branch

The Land Forces of the NVA were the ground warfare branch of East Germany’s armed forces, responsible for the country’s army operations during the Cold War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Land Forces of the National People’s Army 3
Land Forces of the NVA canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army ⓘ
military branch ⓘ
alliance Warsaw Pact ⓘ
borderingOpposingState West Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
commandLanguage German ⓘ
component air defense units ⓘ
artillery units ⓘ
chemical defense units ⓘ
engineer units ⓘ
motorized rifle divisions ⓘ
reconnaissance units ⓘ
signals units ⓘ
tank divisions ⓘ
conflict Cold War ⓘ
country East Germany ⓘ
East Germany ⓘ
surface form: German Democratic Republic
disbanded 1990 ⓘ
disbandedAfter unified Germany ⓘ
surface form: German reunification
doctrineInfluencedBy Soviet military doctrine ⓘ
established 1956 ⓘ
garrisonCountry East Germany ⓘ
surface form: German Democratic Republic
governedBy Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) influence ⓘ
headquartersLocation East Berlin ⓘ
historicalEra Cold War ⓘ
ideology socialism ⓘ
language German ⓘ
mainTask defense of East German territory ⓘ
support of Warsaw Pact operations in Central Europe ⓘ
militaryBranchOf Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ
surface form: Armed Forces of the German Democratic Republic
militaryRankStructureBasedOn Soviet military ranks ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Armed Forces rank system
nativeName Landstreitkräfte der NVA ⓘ
surface form: Landstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee
partOf Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ
surface form: National People’s Army
primaryOpposingAlliance NATO ⓘ
primaryOpposingForce Bundeswehr ⓘ
role ground operations ⓘ
land warfare ⓘ
shortName Landstreitkräfte der NVA ⓘ
subordinateTo Ministerium für Nationale Verteidigung der DDR ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of National Defense of the GDR
successor integrated into the Bundeswehr ⓘ
trainingDoctrine modeled on Soviet Army training ⓘ
usedEquipmentFrom Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
usedEquipmentType air defense systems ⓘ
armored personnel carriers ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
small arms ⓘ
tanks ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

East German National People's Army (logistical support) → hasBranch → Land Forces of the NVA ⓘ
subject surface form: East German National People's Army
11th Motor Rifle Division → partOf → Land Forces of the NVA ⓘ
this entity surface form: Land Forces of the National People’s Army
40th Paratroop Battalion → militaryBranch → Land Forces of the NVA ⓘ
this entity surface form: Land Forces of the National People’s Army
1st Motor Rifle Division → partOf → Land Forces of the NVA ⓘ
this entity surface form: Land Forces of the National People’s Army