Nationale Volksarmee

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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.

Aliases (5)

NVA ×2
East German National People’s Army ×1
East German military ×1
Land Forces of the National People’s Army ×1
armed forces of the German Democratic Republic ×1

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