The Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, known as the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany from 1945 to 1989 and the Western Group of Forces from 1989 to 1994 were the troops of the Soviet Army
Inspection of 39th Guards Motor Rifle Division, 1968.
Abandoned Soviet Army barracks in Stendal, 1991.
Soviet military equipment being loaded aboard a ferry in Rostock, March 1991.
Soviet Military Road Police watchpost in Wittenberg, 1991.
East German uprising of 1953
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The East German uprising of 1953 was an uprising that occurred over the course of two days in the German Democratic Republic from 16 to 17 June 1953. It began with strike action by construction worker
Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
…Forces in Germany was formed after the end of World War II in Europe from units of the 1st and 2nd Belorussian Fronts. The group helped suppress the East German uprising of 1953. After the end of occupation functions in 1954 the group was renamed the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. The group represented Soviet interests in…
From top to bottom, left to right: Soviet tanks suppress unarmed civilians on Schützenstrasse in Berlin · in front of the Dimitrov Museum in Leipzig · on Leipziger Strasse in Berlin · Deutsche Bundespost commemorative stamp · Burning building on Potsdamer Platz
Soviet IS-2 tank passing in front of the old Reichsgericht building in Leipzig on 17 June
Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus in Berlin, known as the House of Ministries in 1953.
1950, before the uprising