Nationale Volksarmee

E88803

armed forces military organization

The Nationale Volksarmee was the armed forces of the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany), operating from 1956 until German reunification in 1990.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Nationale Volksarmee canonical	13
National People’s Army	11
East German National People’s Army	3
armed forces of the German Democratic Republic	3
East German National People's Army	2
NVA	2
National People's Army	2
National People’s Army of East Germany	2
Armed Forces of the German Democratic Republic	1
East German armed forces	1
East German military	1
Land Forces of the National People’s Army	1
National People’s Army of the GDR	1
Nationalen Volksarmee	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed forces ⓘ military organization ⓘ
activeDuring	Cold War ⓘ
alliance	Warsaw Pact ⓘ
controlledBy	Ministerium für Nationale Verteidigung der DDR ⓘ surface form: Ministry of National Defence of the GDR
country	East Germany ⓘ surface form: German Democratic Republic
disbandedAsResultOf	unified Germany ⓘ surface form: German reunification
dissolved	1990 ⓘ 3 October 1990 ⓘ
establishedBy	Council of Ministers of the GDR ⓘ surface form: Government of the German Democratic Republic
followedBy	Bundeswehr ⓘ German military ⓘ surface form: German Armed Forces
garrison	East Berlin ⓘ
hadConscription	yes ⓘ
headquartersLocation	East Berlin ⓘ
ideology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
inception	1956 ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
militaryBranch	East German border guards ⓘ surface form: Grenztruppen der DDR Oberkommando der Nationalen Volksarmee ⓘ surface form: Landstreitkräfte der NVA Luftstreitkräfte/Luftverteidigung ⓘ Volksmarine ⓘ
militaryRankStructure	NVA rank insignia ⓘ
motto	Für den Schutz der Arbeiter-und-Bauern-Macht ⓘ
nativeLanguage	German ⓘ
nativeName	Nationale Volksarmee self-link ⓘ
notableUnit	11th Motor Rifle Division ⓘ 1st Motor Rifle Division ⓘ 40th Paratroop Battalion ⓘ Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment ⓘ
operatedIn	East Germany ⓘ
partOf	Warsaw Pact ⓘ
peakPersonnelStrength	approximately 170000 ⓘ
politicallyControlledBy	Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ surface form: Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands
precededBy	Kasernierte Volkspolizei ⓘ
primaryLanguage	German ⓘ
primaryOpponent	Bundeswehr ⓘ NATO ⓘ
serviceBranch	air force ⓘ army ⓘ navy ⓘ
shortName	Nationale Volksarmee self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NVA
subordinateTo	Nationalen Verteidigungsrat der DDR ⓘ
successorUnitIntegratedInto	Bundeswehr ⓘ
symbol	NVA emblem ⓘ
territorialJurisdiction	territory of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
type	conscription-based military ⓘ
usedDoctrine	Soviet military doctrine ⓘ
usedEquipment	Soviet military equipment ⓘ

Referenced by (44)

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

Bundeswehr → replaced → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

Nationale Volksarmee Landstreitkräfte → partOf → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

Nationale Volksarmee Landstreitkräfte → alsoKnownAs → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Land Forces of the National People’s Army

Nationale Volksarmee Landstreitkräfte → partOf → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: armed forces of the German Democratic Republic

East German National People's Army (logistical support) → shortName → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

subject surface form: East German National People's Army

East German National People's Army (logistical support) → shortName → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

subject surface form: East German National People's Army

this entity surface form: NVA

Brocken → usedBy → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: East German military

West Berlin Allied forces → opposedBy → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: East German National People’s Army

Nationale Volksarmee → shortName → Nationale Volksarmee self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: NVA

Nationale Volksarmee → nativeName → Nationale Volksarmee self-link ⓘ

Prora complex → usedBy → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: National People’s Army of the GDR

Volksmarine → partOf → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: National People's Army

U.S. Army Berlin Brigade → opposedBy → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: East German National People’s Army

East German border guards → partOf → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: National People’s Army

East German Air Force → partOf → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: National People's Army

Operation Danube → groundComponent → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: National People’s Army of East Germany

Oberstleutnant → usedIn → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: East German National People’s Army

Kasernierte Volkspolizei → successor → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

Kasernierte Volkspolizei → reorganizedAs → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: National People’s Army

Ministerium für Nationale Verteidigung der DDR → responsibleFor → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

Ministerium für Nationale Verteidigung der DDR → militaryBranch → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

Warsaw Pact Joint Command → hasMember → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: East German National People's Army

Oberkommando der Nationalen Volksarmee → appliesToJurisdiction → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nationalen Volksarmee

Oberkommando der Nationalen Volksarmee → appliesToJurisdiction → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: National People’s Army

Oberkommando der Nationalen Volksarmee → partOf → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: armed forces of the German Democratic Republic

Land Forces of the NVA → partOf → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: National People’s Army

Land Forces of the NVA → militaryBranchOf → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Armed Forces of the German Democratic Republic

Air Forces/Air Defense of the NVA → partOf → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: National People’s Army

Air Forces/Air Defense of the NVA → militaryBranchOf → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: National People’s Army

Chairman of the National Defense Council of the German Democratic Republic → hasAuthorityOver → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

Wolfgang Schmidt → militaryService → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: National People’s Army of East Germany

Ministry of the Interior of the GDR → cooperatedWith → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: National People’s Army

Luftstreitkräfte/Luftverteidigung → partOf → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

Nationalen Verteidigungsrat der DDR → hasAuthorityOver → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

subject surface form: Nationaler Verteidigungsrat der DDR

Constitution of the German Democratic Republic → regulates → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: armed forces of the German Democratic Republic

NVA emblem → usedBy → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: East German armed forces

11th Motor Rifle Division → partOf → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: National People’s Army

40th Paratroop Battalion → partOf → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: National People’s Army

40th Paratroop Battalion → commandStructure → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: National People’s Army

1st Motor Rifle Division → partOf → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: National People’s Army

T-44 medium tank → usedBy → Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ

this entity surface form: East German National People's Army