Nationale Volksarmee (East Germany)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Nationale_Volksarmee_(East_Germany)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:NVA
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany
gptkbp:commanderInChief gptkb:Chairman_of_the_National_Defense_Council_of_East_Germany
gptkbp:conscription yes
gptkbp:country gptkb:East_Germany
gptkbp:dissolved 1990
gptkbp:emblem NVA emblem
gptkbp:flag gptkb:NVA_flag
gptkbp:founded 1956
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:East_Berlin
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nationale Volksarmee (East Germany)
gptkbp:integration gptkb:Bundeswehr_after_German_reunification
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:German
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Air_Forces/Air_Defense_Forces
gptkb:Border_Troops
gptkb:People's_Navy
gptkb:Land_Forces
gptkb:Civil_Defense
gptkbp:militaryDoctrine gptkb:Warsaw_Pact_doctrine
gptkbp:militaryEducation gptkb:Offiziershochschule
gptkbp:militaryRank modeled after Soviet system
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Für_den_Schutz_der_Arbeiter-und-Bauern-Macht
gptkbp:notable_parade East Berlin, Karl-Marx-Allee
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Heinz_Hoffmann
gptkb:Heinz_Keßler
gptkb:Fritz_Streletz
gptkbp:notableEvent did not participate in foreign wars
involved in suppression of 1953 uprising (predecessor)
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:Volksarmee_(magazine)
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:Friedrich_Engels_Guard_Regiment
gptkb:Feliks_Dzerzhinsky_Guards_Regiment_(Stasi)
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Kasernierte_Volkspolizei
gptkbp:primary_adversary gptkb:NATO
gptkbp:primaryMission defense of East Germany
gptkbp:size_(peak) about 170,000 personnel
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Bundeswehr
gptkbp:type gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkb:Air_Force
gptkb:Navy
gptkbp:uniform stone gray
gptkbp:weapon gptkb:MiG-23
gptkb:MiG-21
BMP-1
MiG-29
T-72 tank
Soviet-made weapons
gptkbp:women_in_service limited roles
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:German_Army_(WWII)
gptkb:Wehrmacht_(1935–1945)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7