The Soviet Army in the GDR – Service Passport

The Soviet army was an integral part and permanent guest of the GDR. The withdrawal of the Russian Western Group of Troops (WGT) on August 31, 1994, was sealed by a state act. Soviet Army GDR Passport

In the Two Plus Four Treaty, which was concluded on September 12, 1990, between the four victorious powers as well as the FRG and the GDR (officially “Treaty on the final settlement concerning Germany”), among other things, the membership of the reunited Germany in the western defense alliance, NATO, the reduction of the future Bundeswehr to 370,000 people, the guarantee of Poland’s western border and also the withdrawal of the western group of Russian troops (WGT) from Germany.

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