Nationale Volksarmee

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


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces
military organization
activeDuring Cold War
alliance Warsaw Pact
controlledBy Ministry of National Defence of the GDR
country German Democratic Republic
disbandedAsResultOf German reunification
dissolved 1990
3 October 1990
establishedBy Government of the German Democratic Republic
followedBy Bundeswehr
German Armed Forces
garrison East Berlin
hadConscription yes
headquartersLocation East Berlin
ideology Marxism–Leninism
inception 1956
legalBasis Constitution of the German Democratic Republic
militaryBranch Grenztruppen der DDR
Landstreitkräfte der NVA
Luftstreitkräfte/Luftverteidigung
Volksmarine
militaryRankStructure NVA rank insignia
motto Für den Schutz der Arbeiter-und-Bauern-Macht
nativeLanguage German
nativeName Nationale Volksarmee
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 Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands
precededBy Kasernierte Volkspolizei
primaryLanguage German
primaryOpponent Bundeswehr
NATO
serviceBranch air force
army
navy
shortName 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 (10)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
East German National People's Army
East German National People's Army ("NVA")
Nationale Volksarmee ("NVA")
shortName
Nationale Volksarmee Landstreitkräfte
Nationale Volksarmee Landstreitkräfte ("armed forces of the German Democratic Republic")
partOf
Nationale Volksarmee Landstreitkräfte ("Land Forces of the National People’s Army")
alsoKnownAs
Nationale Volksarmee
nativeName
West Berlin Allied forces ("East German National People’s Army")
opposedBy
Bundeswehr
replaced
Brocken ("East German military")
usedBy

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