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Soviet Armed Forces in Germany
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Soviet_Armed_Forces_in_Germany
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:activeYearsEnd
1994
gptkbp:activeYearsStart
1945
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Group_of_Soviet_Forces_in_Germany
gptkb:Soviet_Forces_in_Germany
gptkbp:commanded
gptkb:Soviet_Ministry_of_Defense
gptkbp:country
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:disbanded
1994
gptkbp:firstCommander
gptkb:Georgy_Zhukov
gptkbp:flightNumber
over 1,000
gptkbp:garrison
gptkb:East_Germany
gptkbp:hadNuclearWeapons
yes
gptkbp:hasUnit
gptkb:16th_Air_Army
gptkb:1st_Guards_Tank_Army
gptkb:2nd_Guards_Tank_Army
gptkb:8th_Guards_Army
gptkb:20th_Guards_Army
3rd Combined Arms Army
several artillery and support units
gptkbp:headquarters
gptkb:Wünsdorf
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Soviet Armed Forces in Germany
gptkbp:involvedIn
gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Berlin_Crisis_of_1961
gptkb:Warsaw_Pact_military_exercises
gptkb:Berlin_Blockade
gptkbp:lastCommander
Matvei Burlakov
gptkbp:numberOfArtilleryPieces
over 3,500
gptkbp:numberOfHelicopters
over 300
gptkbp:numberOfMilitaryBases
over 1,000
gptkbp:numberOfTubes
over 6,000
gptkbp:operatesIn
gptkb:East_Germany
gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:opposedBy
NATO forces in West Germany
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Soviet_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Allied_occupation_of_Germany
gptkb:German_reunification
gptkb:Red_Army
gptkb:Four_Power_Agreement_on_Berlin
gptkb:Treaty_on_the_Final_Settlement_with_Respect_to_Germany
gptkbp:role
defense
deterrence
occupation force
gptkbp:size
up to 500,000 personnel
gptkbp:subordinateUnit
gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkbp:successor
Russian Western Group of Forces
gptkbp:withdrewFromGermany
1994
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Wünsdorf
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7