Mission in the East: The building of an Army in a Democracy in the new German States

Authors

Mark E. Victorson

Files

Description

At Midnight on 2 October 1990 the German Democratic Republic (GDR) ceased to exist. The following day the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Bundeswehr, took control of the personnel, equipment, and installations of what had been the National People's Army (Nationale Volksarmee or NVA). By any reckoning this was a massive undertaking and one of great historical significance. It was massive because of the sheer amount of equipment, ammunition, and acreage for which the Bundeswehr found itself responsible in the new federal states, and it was historic because soldiers who had faced each other across a deep ideological divide for over thirty years would now be serving together.

Publication Date

1994

Publisher

U.S. Naval War College Press

City

Newport, Rhode Island

Keywords

Newport Papers, Germany, German Army

Recommended Citation

Victorson, Mark E., "Mission in the East: The building of an Army in a Democracy in the new German States" (1994). Newport Papers. 7.
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/usnwc-newport-papers/7