Land Forces of the National People's Army

Land Forces of the National People's Army
*Landstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee*
Land Forces of the National People's Army ; Landstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee
Active	1 March 1956 – 2 October 1990
Country	East Germany
Size	105,000 nominal, peacetime, 1990; 394,350 nominal, wartime, 1990
Part of	Kommando Landstreitkraefte; (since 1972)
Headquarters	Geltow, Potsdam-Mittelmark
March	Präsentiermasrch nationalevolksarmee (Slow March); Parademarsch № 1 der Nationalen Volksarmee (Parade March);

The Land Forces of the National People's Army^[2] (German: Landstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee – LaSK) was the ground-based military branch of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) National People's Army (NPA). The Land Forces Command, located at Geltow, was established on 1 December 1972 as a management body created for the land forces. The NPA itself was created on March 1, 1956, from the Kasernierte Volkspolizei (Barracked People's Police).

^ Theodor Hoffmann: "Das letzte Kommando", Mittler, 1993, ISBN 3-8132-0420-0, p. 320
^ Deutsches Institut für Militärgeschichte, Militärgeschichte, Vol. XI, Deutscher Militärverlag. 1972.

[1] Theodor Hoffmann: "Das letzte Kommando", Mittler, 1993, ISBN 3-8132-0420-0, p. 320

[2] Deutsches Institut für Militärgeschichte, Militärgeschichte, Vol. XI, Deutscher Militärverlag. 1972.

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