East German National People’s Army

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/East_German_National_People’s_Army
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:NVA
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Navy
gptkb:Border_Troops
gptkb:Air_Forces
gptkb:Land_Forces
gptkbp:commanderInChief gptkb:Chairman_of_the_National_Defense_Council_of_East_Germany
gptkbp:country gptkb:East_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded gptkb:German_reunification_treaty
gptkbp:dissolved 1990
gptkbp:emblem Coat of arms of the Nationale Volksarmee
gptkbp:flag Flag of the Nationale Volksarmee
gptkbp:founded 1956
gptkbp:headquarters Strausberg, East Germany
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label East German National People’s Army
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:German
gptkbp:military_parade Karl-Marx-Allee, Berlin
gptkbp:militaryDoctrine gptkb:Warsaw_Pact_doctrine
gptkbp:militaryEducation gptkb:Offiziershochschule
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Für_den_Schutz_der_Arbeiter-und-Bauern-Macht
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Nationale_Volksarmee
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Heinz_Hoffmann
gptkb:Heinz_Keßler
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:German_reunification_(1990)
did not participate in foreign wars
integration of some personnel into Bundeswehr after 1990
military equipment transferred to Bundeswehr or scrapped after 1990
gptkbp:notableFeature conscription-based service
high political indoctrination
women served in non-combat roles
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:Feliks_Dzerzhinsky_Guards_Regiment
gptkb:9th_Armored_Division
Paratrooper Battalion 40
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkbp:primary_adversary gptkb:NATO
gptkbp:primary_equipment_supplier gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:primaryMission defense of East Germany and Warsaw Pact interests
gptkbp:size about 170,000 personnel (at peak)
gptkbp:successor Bundeswehr (German Federal Defence Forces)
gptkbp:uniform similar to Soviet military uniforms
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:German_military_insignia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8