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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
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