National People's Army (NVA)
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:military_organization
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| gptkbp:abbreviation |
gptkb:NVA
|
| gptkbp:branch |
gptkb:Navy
gptkb:Border_Troops gptkb:Air_Forces gptkb:Land_Forces |
| gptkbp:commanderInChief |
Chairman of the National Defense Council
|
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:German_Democratic_Republic
|
| gptkbp:dissolved |
1990
|
| gptkbp:emblem |
Hammer and compass surrounded by a ring of rye
|
| gptkbp:founded |
1956
|
| gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:East_Berlin
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
National People's Army (NVA)
|
| gptkbp:mainLanguage |
gptkb:German
|
| gptkbp:motto |
For the protection of the workers and peasants' power
|
| gptkbp:nativeName |
gptkb:Nationale_Volksarmee
|
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
gptkb:German_reunification
|
| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
|
| gptkbp:size |
about 170,000 personnel (at peak)
|
| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:Bundeswehr
|
| gptkbp:uniform |
similar to Soviet military uniforms
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:East_Germany_(former_GDR)
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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