Nationale Volksarmee

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:NVA
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Air_Forces/Air_Defense_Forces
gptkb:Border_Troops
gptkb:People's_Navy
gptkb:Land_Forces
gptkbp:commanderInChief gptkb:Chairman_of_the_National_Defense_Council_of_East_Germany
gptkbp:conscription yes
gptkbp:country gptkb:German_Democratic_Republic
gptkbp:dissolved 2 October 1990
gptkbp:founded 1 March 1956
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:East_Berlin
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nationale Volksarmee
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:German
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Für_den_Schutz_der_Arbeiter-und-Bauern-Macht
gptkbp:notable_parade East Berlin military parades
gptkbp:notable_training_facility gptkb:Militärakademie_Friedrich_Engels
gptkb:Offiziershochschule_der_Landstreitkräfte
gptkb:Offiziershochschule_der_Luftstreitkräfte/Luftverteidigung
gptkb:Offiziershochschule_der_Volksmarine
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Stasi_headquarters_(shared_with_Ministry_of_National_Defence)
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Heinz_Hoffmann
gptkb:Friedrich_Dickel
gptkb:Heinz_Keßler
gptkbp:notableDecorations gptkb:Medal_for_Faithful_Service_in_the_National_People’s_Army
gptkb:Order_of_Merit_of_the_National_People’s_Army
gptkb:Scharnhorst_Order
gptkbp:notableEvent did not participate in foreign wars
disbanded after German reunification in 1990
involved in border security along the Berlin Wall
members swore allegiance to the GDR and the SED
subject to political control by the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
integrated into Bundeswehr after German reunification
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:Volksarmee_(magazine)
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:Border_Troops_of_the_GDR
gptkb:16th_Fighter_Aviation_Regiment
gptkb:1st_Motor_Rifle_Division
gptkb:40th_Airborne_Battalion
gptkb:43rd_Fighter_Aviation_Regiment
gptkb:6th_Flotilla_(People's_Navy)
gptkb:8th_Motor_Rifle_Division
gptkb:9th_Panzer_Division
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Ministry_of_National_Defence_(East_Germany)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Kasernierte_Volkspolizei
gptkbp:serviceAge 18–26 years
gptkbp:size_(peak) around 170,000 personnel
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Bundeswehr
gptkbp:type gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkb:Air_Force
gptkb:Navy
gptkbp:uniform distinctive East German military uniform
gptkbp:weapon gptkb:BMP_infantry_fighting_vehicles
gptkb:MiG_fighter_jets
AK-47 rifles
Soviet artillery
Soviet-designed tanks
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:GDR
gptkb:Wehrmacht
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5