National People's Army (East Germany)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/National_People's_Army_(East_Germany)
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
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 Chairman of the National Defense Council
gptkbp:country gptkb:East_Germany
gptkbp:dissolved 2 October 1990
gptkbp:founded 1 March 1956
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:East_Berlin
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label National People's Army (East Germany)
gptkbp:integration gptkb:Bundeswehr_(after_1990)
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:German
gptkbp:militaryDoctrine Soviet military doctrine
gptkbp:motto For the protection of the workers and peasants' power
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Nationale_Volksarmee
gptkbp:notable_parade gptkb:East_German_Republic_Day_military_parade
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Ministry_of_National_Defense_(East_Germany)
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Heinz_Hoffmann
gptkb:Heinz_Keßler
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:German_reunification
did not participate in foreign wars
participation in Warsaw Pact exercises
gptkbp:notablePolicy conscription
political indoctrination
gptkbp:notablePublication Volksarmee
Armeerundschau
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:Feliks_Dzerzhinsky_Guards_Regiment
gptkb:Border_Troops_of_the_GDR
Air Forces of the NVA
Land Forces of the NVA
People's Navy (Volksmarine)
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Kasernierte_Volkspolizei
gptkbp:primaryMission support of Warsaw Pact operations
defense of East Germany
gptkbp:size about 170,000 personnel (peak)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Bundeswehr
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:NVA_flag
NVA emblem
gptkbp:uniform distinctive East German style
gptkbp:weapon gptkb:MiG-23
gptkb:MiG-21
BMP-1
T-72 tank
Soviet military hardware
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:9K31_Strela-1
gptkb:Bundeswehr_(West_Germany)
gptkb:Warsaw_Pact_(East_Germany)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8