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National People's Army

Armed forces
The National People's Army were the armed forces of the German Democratic Republic from 1956 to 1990. The NVA was organized into four branches: the Landstreitkräfte, the Volksmarine, the Luftstreitkräfte and the Grenztruppen. Wikipedia
Founded: March 1, 1956
Active personnel: 176,000
Disbanded: 2 October 1990
Foreign suppliers: Czechoslovakia; Soviet Union
Headquarters: Strausberg
History: Cold War
Motto: Für den Schutz der Arbeiter-und-Bauern-Macht; (For the protection of the workers' and peasants' power)