gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_organization
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gptkbp:activeYears
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1956–1990
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gptkbp:alliedWith
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gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
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gptkbp:branch
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gptkb:Navy
gptkb:Border_Troops
gptkb:Air_Forces
gptkb:Land_Forces
gptkb:Civil_Defense
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gptkbp:commanderInChief
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Chairman of the National Defense Council
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:German_Democratic_Republic
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gptkbp:dissolved
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1990
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gptkbp:equipmentSource
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gptkb:Soviet_Union
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:East_Berlin
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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East German armed forces
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gptkbp:integratesWith
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gptkb:Bundeswehr_(after_1990)
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:German
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gptkbp:militaryDoctrine
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gptkb:Warsaw_Pact_doctrine
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gptkbp:motto
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gptkb:Für_den_Schutz_der_Arbeiter-und-Bauern-Macht
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:German_reunification
no direct combat operations
participation in Warsaw Pact exercises
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gptkbp:notableInstitution
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gptkb:Prora_barracks
Eggesin garrison
Storkow headquarters
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gptkbp:notableLeader
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gptkb:Heinz_Hoffmann
gptkb:Heinz_Keßler
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gptkbp:notableUnit
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gptkb:Feliks_Dzerzhinsky_Guards_Regiment
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gptkbp:officialName
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gptkb:Nationale_Volksarmee
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Kasernierte_Volkspolizei
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gptkbp:primaryMission
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support of Warsaw Pact operations
defense of East Germany
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gptkbp:size
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about 170,000 personnel (peak)
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Bundeswehr
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gptkbp:uniform
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distinctive East German style
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Für_den_Schutz_der_Arbeiter-und-Bauern-Macht
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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