Military - GDR
Grenztruppen
Were the Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic, in German Grenztruppen der DDR, a military force of the GDR and the primary force guarding the Berlin Wall and the border between East and West Germany. The Border Troops numbered at their peak approximately 47,000 troops. Stasi Were the Ministry for State Security commonly known as the Stasi, was the official state security service of the German Democratic Republic or GDR. It has been described as one of the most effective and repressive intelligence and secret police agencies to ever have existed. |
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