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ARTICLES RELATED TO National People's Army | | | |  National People's Army: Encyclopedia II - National People's Army - OrganizationThe NVA comprised four main branches:
The Landstreitkräfte, or ground forces, consisting of 120,000 soldiers.
The Volksmarine, or navy, consisting of 16,300 sailors.
The Luftstreitkräfte and Luftverteidigung, or air force and air defence, consisting of 39,000 airmen.
The Grenztruppen, or border guard, consting of 50,000 border guards. (Technically, the Grenztruppen was separate from the NVA; rather, it was under the command of the Ministry of Defense.)
As well, the DDR had large numbers of NVA reservists and parami ...
See also:National People's Army, National People's Army - Organization Read more here: » National People's Army: Encyclopedia II - National People's Army - Organization |
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| | | | National People's Army: Encyclopedia II - Combat Groups of the Working Class - Organization Units and units based on their working place. The general units are closely tied to their local basis, nationalized enterprises, state and local administration offices and other working places, and their organizations and their employment does not extend beyond their district level. The mobile or motorized units, designated Battalions of the Regional Reserve, can be employed outside their local and district areas.
The KdA was similar to the United States National Guard; however, unlike a National Guard, it was str ...
See also:Combat Groups of the Working Class, Combat Groups of the Working Class - History, Combat Groups of the Working Class - Command and Control, Combat Groups of the Working Class - Organization, Combat Groups of the Working Class - External link Read more here: » Combat Groups of the Working Class: Encyclopedia II - Combat Groups of the Working Class - Organization |
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| | | | National People's Army: Encyclopedia II - Conscientious objection in East Germany - Introduction of conscription In April 1962 conscription began in East Germany. This conscription was for at least 18 months and adult males between 18 and 26 were eligible.
Facing the possibility of imprisonment or worse from the Stasi, 231 draftees, almost all of them Jehovah's Witnesses, refused to serve. By the time of the second draft, that number had risen to 287.
The communist government viewed conscientious objectors as enemies of the state, and all 287 were arrested.
However, nearly 80% of East Germans were, at least nominally, Protestants, and when the church protested, the ...
See also:Conscientious objection in East Germany, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Introduction of conscription, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Baueinheiten, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Reasons for the NVA's lack of tolerance of conscientious objectors, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Prague Spring, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Leaving East Germany Read more here: » Conscientious objection in East Germany: Encyclopedia II - Conscientious objection in East Germany - Introduction of conscription |
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| | | | National People's Army: Encyclopedia II - Military history of Germany - The Holy Roman Empire 843-1806 The Holy Roman Empire emerged from the eastern part of the Carolingian Empire after its division in the Treaty of Verdun of 843, and lasted almost a millennium until its dissolution in 1806. It was never a unitary state; from the beginning it was made up of many ethnicities and languages and would at its height comprise territories ranging from eastern France to northern Italy and western Poland. Its unifying characteristic was its Carolingian heritage and strong religious connotations, it ...
See also:Military history of Germany, Military history of Germany - Ancient times, Military history of Germany - The Holy Roman Empire 843-1806, Military history of Germany - The Napoleonic Wars 1805-1815, Military history of Germany - The making of a united Germany 1815-1871, Military history of Germany - German Empire 1871-1914, Military history of Germany - The First World War 1914-1918, Military history of Germany - The Interwar Period 1918-1939, Military history of Germany - The Second World War 1939-1945, Military history of Germany - The Cold War 1945-1989, Military history of Germany - Military today Read more here: » Military history of Germany: Encyclopedia II - Military history of Germany - The Holy Roman Empire 843-1806 |
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| | | | National People's Army: Encyclopedia II - East Germany - Economy Main article: Economy of the German Democratic Republic
Like other East European communist states, East Germany had a centrally planned economy (CPE), similar to the one in the former Soviet Union, in contrast to the more familiar market economies or mixed economies of most Western states. The state established production targets and prices and allocated resources, codifying these decisions in a comprehensive plan or set of plans. The means of production were almost entirely state owned. In 1985, for example, state-owned enterp ...
See also:East Germany, East Germany - History, East Germany - Politics, East Germany - In General, East Germany - Persons of note in East Germany, East Germany - Subdivisions, East Germany - Economy, East Germany - Culture, East Germany - Music, East Germany - Theater, East Germany - Cinema, East Germany - Miscellaneous topics Read more here: » East Germany: Encyclopedia II - East Germany - Economy |
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| | | | National People's Army: Encyclopedia II - History of the German Democratic Republic - Creation 1945-1949
History of the German Democratic Republic - Division of Germany.
At the Yalta Conference, held in February 1945 before the capitulation of the Third Reich, the United States, United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union agreed on the division of Germany into occupation zones. Estimating the territory that the converging armies of the western Allies and the Soviet Union would overrun, the Yalta Conference determined the demarcation line for the respective areas of occupation. Following Germany's surrender, the All ...
See also:History of the German Democratic Republic, History of the German Democratic Republic - Creation 1945-1949, History of the German Democratic Republic - Division of Germany, History of the German Democratic Republic - Early years 1949–54, History of the German Democratic Republic - SED as leading party, History of the German Democratic Republic - June 17 1953, History of the German Democratic Republic - Economic policy 1956–75, History of the German Democratic Republic - Collectivization and nationalization of agriculture and industry 1956–63, History of the German Democratic Republic - New Economic System 1963–70, History of the German Democratic Republic - The Main Task, History of the German Democratic Republic - Foreign policy 1967–75, History of the German Democratic Republic - Ulbricht Versus Détente, History of the German Democratic Republic - Honecker and East-West Rapprochement, History of the German Democratic Republic - Two Germanies, History of the German Democratic Republic - Domestic policy 1970s, History of the German Democratic Republic - GDR identity, History of the German Democratic Republic - Dissidents, History of the German Democratic Republic - 10th Party Congress 1981, History of the German Democratic Republic - Decline and Fall of the GDR 1975–89, History of the German Democratic Republic - Coffee crisis 1976–79, History of the German Democratic Republic - Developing international debt crisis, History of the German Democratic Republic - Regime collapse 1989, History of the German Democratic Republic - Financial situation in 1990 Read more here: » History of the German Democratic Republic: Encyclopedia II - History of the German Democratic Republic - Creation 1945-1949 |
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| | | | National People's Army: Encyclopedia II - Wehrmacht - War crimes While the predominant number of war crimes were attributed to Nazi organizations like the Schutzstaffel (SS), a number of Wehrmacht officers were charged with war crimes at the end of the war. In particular, OKW commander-in-chief Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel and chief of operations staff Alfred Jodl were indicted and tried for war crimes by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremburg in 1946. Both were convicted of all charges, sentenced to death and executed by hanging. The International Military Tribunal's judgement, however, ...
See also:Wehrmacht, Wehrmacht - Background, Wehrmacht - History, Wehrmacht - Command structure, Wehrmacht - War years, Wehrmacht - Rebellion, Wehrmacht - War crimes, Wehrmacht - Prominent members, Wehrmacht - After World War II, Wehrmacht - Reference Read more here: » Wehrmacht: Encyclopedia II - Wehrmacht - War crimes |
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| | | | National People's Army: Encyclopedia II - East Germany - Economy Main article: Economy of the German Democratic Republic
Like other East European communist states, East Germany had a centrally planned economy (CPE), similar to the one in the former Soviet Union, in contrast to the more familiar market economies or mixed economies of most Western states. The state established production targets and prices and allocated resources, codifying these decisions in a comprehensive plan or set of plans. The means of production were almost entirely state owned. In 1985, for example, state-owned enterp ...
See also:East Germany, East Germany - History, East Germany - Politics, East Germany - Persons of note in East Germany, East Germany - Subdivisions, East Germany - Economy, East Germany - Culture, East Germany - GDR mainstream, East Germany - Bach, East Germany - Miscellaneous topics Read more here: » East Germany: Encyclopedia II - East Germany - Economy |
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| | | | National People's Army: Encyclopedia II - Conscientious objection in East Germany - Prague Spring In 1968, East Germany, along with other members of the Warsaw Pact, invaded Czechoslovakia and deposed Alexander Dubček in what came to be known as the Prague Spring.
This invasion appalled people all over the world, but especially East Germans, many of whom felt guilty for letting their government carry it out. Following the Prague Spring, many young East German men refused to serve even in Baueinheiten, as they felt that something akin to another Prague Sprin ...
See also:Conscientious objection in East Germany, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Introduction of conscription, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Baueinheiten, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Reasons for the NVA's lack of tolerance of conscientious objectors, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Prague Spring, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Leaving East Germany Read more here: » Conscientious objection in East Germany: Encyclopedia II - Conscientious objection in East Germany - Prague Spring |
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| | | | National People's Army: Encyclopedia II - Conscientious objection in East Germany - Reasons for the NVA's lack of tolerance of conscientious objectors There were numerous reasons that the NVA needed as many soldiers as it could get.
On a practical level, the West German Bundeswehr was nearly three times the size of the NVA. Also, the NVA, as the second largest force in the Warsaw Pact, needed to remain strong as it had come to be viewed as the secondary protector of the Eastern Bloc, after the Soviet Union.
Ideologically, East Germany wished to appear democratic. It knew that most of its citizens yearned for the civil rights that West Germans en ...
See also:Conscientious objection in East Germany, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Introduction of conscription, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Baueinheiten, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Reasons for the NVA's lack of tolerance of conscientious objectors, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Prague Spring, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Leaving East Germany Read more here: » Conscientious objection in East Germany: Encyclopedia II - Conscientious objection in East Germany - Reasons for the NVA's lack of tolerance of conscientious objectors |
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| | | | National People's Army: Encyclopedia II - Conscientious objection in East Germany - Baueinheiten On September 16, 1963, the National People's Army (German: Nationale Volksarmee or NVA) introduced Baueinheiten, construction units, who wore grey uniforms with spades on their shoulder patches. Draftees who served in Baueinheiten did not use weapons. Soldiers in Baueinheiten, however, were isolated from soldiers in regular units, to prevent the spread of pacifist ideas.
Though outwardly peaceful in appearance, soldiers in Baueinheiten were obliged to make a promise of loyalty in which they stated th ...
See also:Conscientious objection in East Germany, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Introduction of conscription, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Baueinheiten, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Reasons for the NVA's lack of tolerance of conscientious objectors, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Prague Spring, Conscientious objection in East Germany - Leaving East Germany Read more here: » Conscientious objection in East Germany: Encyclopedia II - Conscientious objection in East Germany - Baueinheiten |
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| | | | National People's Army: Encyclopedia II - East Germany - Politics Main article: Politics of East Germany
East Germany - In General.
The equivalent of the Communist Party in East Germany was the Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (Socialist Unity Party of Germany, SED), which along with other parties, was part of the National Front of Democratic Germany. It was created in 1946 through the merger of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in the Soviet controlled zone. Following reunification, the SED was renamed ...
See also:East Germany, East Germany - History, East Germany - Politics, East Germany - In General, East Germany - Persons of note in East Germany, East Germany - Subdivisions, East Germany - Economy, East Germany - Culture, East Germany - Music, East Germany - Theater, East Germany - Cinema, East Germany - Miscellaneous topics Read more here: » East Germany: Encyclopedia II - East Germany - Politics |
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| | | | National People's Army: Encyclopedia II - East Germany - History Main articles: History of the German Democratic Republic, History of Germany
The territories of East Germany were settled by Germanic peoples during the last few centuries BC. During the post-Roman migration period, many of these populations left for other lands, and Slavic Wends settled in their wake. German imperial rulers reconquered the area during the Middle Ages. The newly acquired land was organised in margravates, German feudal states on the land of Slavs. Consequent waves of German settlements, which in subsequent cent ...
See also:East Germany, East Germany - History, East Germany - Politics, East Germany - In General, East Germany - Persons of note in East Germany, East Germany - Subdivisions, East Germany - Economy, East Germany - Culture, East Germany - Music, East Germany - Theater, East Germany - Cinema, East Germany - Miscellaneous topics Read more here: » East Germany: Encyclopedia II - East Germany - History |
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| | | | National People's Army: Encyclopedia II - East Germany - Subdivisions Main article: Subdivisions of East Germany
In 1952, the Länder of East Germany were abolished, and East Germany was divided into fifteen Bezirke (districts), each named after the largest city: Rostock; Schwerin; Neubrandenburg; Magdeburg; Potsdam; Berlin; Frankfurt (Oder); Cottbus; Halle; Erfurt; Leipzig; Dresden; Karl-Marx-Stadt (now again Chemnitz); Gera; Suhl
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See also:East Germany, East Germany - History, East Germany - Politics, East Germany - In General, East Germany - Persons of note in East Germany, East Germany - Subdivisions, East Germany - Economy, East Germany - Culture, East Germany - Music, East Germany - Theater, East Germany - Cinema, East Germany - Miscellaneous topics Read more here: » East Germany: Encyclopedia II - East Germany - Subdivisions |
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