EAST GERMAN ARMY

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KOMBAT GROUPS of the WORKING CLASS BORBENE GRUPE RADNIČKE KLASE

Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse

     Borbene grupe radničke klase su bile paravojna formacija u periodu od 1953. do 1990.god. Brojno stanje im je bilo oko 400.000 i bili su organizirani po svojim radnim organizacijama. Djelovali su samo u svojem okruženju, dok su mobilne ili motorizirane jedinice mogle biti korištene i u drugim dijelovima DDR-a. Najveća upotreba tih jedinica je bila za vrijeme izgradnje Berlinskog zida 1961.g. Preko 8000 pripadnika je radilo na zidu, a samo ih je 8 prebjeglo na Zapad, što dovoljno govori o njihovom moralu i odanosti. Raspušteni su, odlukom istočnonjemačke skupštine krajem 1989.godine. Do maja 1990.je  razoružano zadnjih 189.370 pripadnika (u 2022 jedinice).

     The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KdA) was a paramilitary organisation in East Germany, founded in 1953 and abolished in 1990. It numbered about 400,000 volunteers for much of its existence. The KdA were organized into units based on their workplace. General units were closely tied to their local basis, nationalized enterprises, state and local administration offices and other workplaces, and their organizations and their employment did not extend beyond the district level. The mobile or motorized units, designated Battalions of the Regional Reserve, could be employed outside their local and district areas. The largest use of the KdA was during the construction of the Berlin wall in the summer and fall of 1961. Over 8,000 KdA, about 20% of all military units, were involved in this effort. During the six week deployment of the KdA to the East-West Berlin sector boundary, only eight members escaped to the West, indicating a high state of morale and political reliability. The decision to disband the KdA was made by the East German parliament (Volkskammer) in December 1989. Disarmament of the KdA began that month and was supervised by the police who consolidated and stored weapons and equipment along with the National People's Army (NVA). The final 189,370 fighters (in 2,022 units) were completely demobilized in May 1990.

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