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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_organization
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gptkbp:abbreviation
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gptkb:NVA
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gptkbp:alliedWith
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gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
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gptkbp:branch
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gptkb:Air_Forces/Air_Defense_Forces
gptkb:Border_Troops
gptkb:People's_Navy
gptkb:Land_Forces
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gptkbp:commanderInChief
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gptkb:Chairman_of_the_National_Defense_Council_of_East_Germany
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gptkbp:conscription
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yes
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:German_Democratic_Republic
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gptkbp:dissolved
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2 October 1990
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gptkbp:founded
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1 March 1956
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:East_Berlin
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gptkbp:mainLanguage
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gptkb:German
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gptkbp:motto
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gptkb:Für_den_Schutz_der_Arbeiter-und-Bauern-Macht
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gptkbp:notable_parade
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East Berlin military parades
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gptkbp:notable_training_facility
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gptkb:Militärakademie_Friedrich_Engels
gptkb:Offiziershochschule_der_Landstreitkräfte
gptkb:Offiziershochschule_der_Luftstreitkräfte/Luftverteidigung
gptkb:Offiziershochschule_der_Volksmarine
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gptkbp:notableBuilding
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gptkb:Stasi_headquarters_(shared_with_Ministry_of_National_Defence)
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gptkbp:notableCommander
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gptkb:Heinz_Hoffmann
gptkb:Friedrich_Dickel
gptkb:Heinz_Keßler
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gptkbp:notableDecorations
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gptkb:Medal_for_Faithful_Service_in_the_National_People’s_Army
gptkb:Order_of_Merit_of_the_National_People’s_Army
gptkb:Scharnhorst_Order
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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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
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gptkbp:notablePublication
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gptkb:Volksarmee_(magazine)
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gptkbp:notableUnit
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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
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:Ministry_of_National_Defence_(East_Germany)
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Kasernierte_Volkspolizei
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gptkbp:serviceAge
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18–26 years
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gptkbp:size_(peak)
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around 170,000 personnel
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Bundeswehr
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gptkbp:type
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gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkb:Air_Force
gptkb:Navy
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gptkbp:uniform
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distinctive East German military uniform
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gptkbp:weapon
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gptkb:BMP_infantry_fighting_vehicles
gptkb:MiG_fighter_jets
AK-47 rifles
Soviet artillery
Soviet-designed tanks
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:GDR
gptkb:Wehrmacht
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Nationale Volksarmee
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