National People's Army
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The National People's Army were the armed forces of the German Democratic Republic from 1956 until 1990.
Soldiers of the Guard Regiment Friedrich Engels marching at a changing-of-the-guard ceremony at the Neue Wache on the Unter den Linden in East Berlin
A DDR finial, here for a flag of a Ministry of the Interior (MdI) unit; the NVA had the same in gold.
An NVA Tatra-813 carrying a GAZ-63
MiG-29 in East German service
Arthur Franke
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Arthur Franke was a leading political policeman in East Germany; he became a military officer when the country's army was established in 1956. Three years later he became Chief of Military Intelligenc
Arthur Franke in 1988
