Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (1949–1988), also known as Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany (1945–1949) and Western Group of Forces (1988–1990) were the troops of the Soviet Army in East Germany. 1st Guards Tank Red Banner Army, Dresden (1 гвардейская танковая Краснознаменная армия)2nd Guards Tank Red Banner Army, Fuerstenberg (2 гвардейская танковая Краснознаменная армия)3rd Shock Combined-Arms Red Banner Army, Magdeburg (3 общевойсковая Краснознаменная армия)8th Guards Combined-Arms Order of Lenin Army Nohra (8 гвардейская общевойсковая ордена Ленина армия )20th Guards Combined-Arms Red Banner Army, Eberswalde-Finow (20 гвардейская общевойсковая Краснознаменная армия )16th Air Red Banner Army, Wuensdorf (16 воздушная Краснознаменная армия )A number of separate regiments of Group subordination (sapper, communications, rocket, artillery, etc.)
See alsoSoviet Military Administration in Germany
Reference Lutz Freundt, Sovetskiye voyska v Germanii, 1945-1994 (Soviet Troops in Germany 1945-1994), Molodaya Gvardiya Publishing House, 1994.
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