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Badge of the GSFG/WGF
(1945–1994).

The list of Soviet military sites in Germany contains all military installations and units of the former Soviet Union on German territory. In correlation to Russian native document, original site designations of the Soviet Armed Forces are used as deemed to be necessary (e.g. later changes of site names are avoided). The units and formations were subordinated to the WGF Supreme Commands in Wünsdorf (now in Zossen).

Period Native designation[1] German English
Short Long version Short Long version Short Long version
1945–1954 ГСОВГ Группа советских оккупационных войск в Германии GSBD Gruppe der Sowjetischen Besatzungstruppen in Deutschland GSOFG Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany
1954–1989 ГСВГ Группа советских войск в Германии GSSD Gruppe der Sowjetischen Streitkräfte in Deutschland GSFG Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
GSTD Gruppe der Sowjetischen Truppen in Deutschland
1989–1994 ЗГВ Западная группа войск WGT Westgruppe der Truppen WGF Western Group of Forces
site designation real estate designation user before unit year of disbandment user after remark
Baden-Baden Cité Paradis MMS (Mission Militaire Soviétique) 1992 Military Missions of the GSFG, accreditation to FFA
site designation real estate designation user before unit year of disbandment user after remark
East Berlin Pionier-Kaserne 6th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade 1991–1994 Berlin-Karlshorst
West Berlin Kammergericht am Kleistpark Контрольный совет[2]
(Allied Control Council)
1948/1991 Berlin Schöneberg
site designation real estate designation user before unit year of disbandment user after remark
Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt Niederrad Soviet Military Mission (SMM) 1992 accreditation to United States Army Europe, Heidelberg (USAREUR Soviet Military Liaison Mission Control Facility, Frankfurt am Main, Creighton W. Abrams Complex)

New states of Germany

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Dislocation map HQ WGT and HQ of the WGF Armies on territory on the former GDR

The tables below contains the location of military unit and formation of the Western Group of (Soviet) Forces (WGF) on territory of the New federal states of Germany with particularities as follows:

  • The English designation of military units and formations of the WGF (column 1) is in line to these in NATO, as deemed to be necessary. Honorary titles, names, or distinctions are omitted. In case of doubt, the original designation in Russian language is authoritative.
  • Column 2 contains the original site's designation, in accordance with – Soviet troops in Germany 1945 to 1994, memorial album, edition Moscow, published by «Jang Guard», 1994; ISBN 5-235-02221-1, pages 15 to 22.

Supreme Command GSFG (WGF) and direct subordinates

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The Supreme Command GSFG (WGF) comprised the staff divisions and direct subordinated units, formations and facilities, as follows (in 1991):

Designation Site
location
Unit Remark
Number Code name
1 2 3 4 5
Staff GSFG/WGT Wünsdorf also: General Staff, C2 Staff. In part of former German Maybach I and II complex.
    Political Division Wünsdorf
Alternate Operations Center Möhlau 24 382 Redut
Operations Command Air Defence Wünsdorf 01 131
1014th Command Post Air Defence Wünsdorf 18 178
Armament Division Wünsdorf 56 663
Reconnaissance Division Wünsdorf 89 430
CIS Division Wünsdorf 16 470 also: Communications Division
Engineer Division Wünsdorf 24 566
Medical Division Wünsdorf 07 365
Logistics Division Wünsdorf 71 650
Chemical Division Wünsdorf 24 445 also: NBC-Division
Direct subordinates
  3rd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade Fürstenberg/Havel, Neuthymen
53°12′24″N 13°12′14″E / 53.20667°N 13.20389°E / 53.20667; 13.20389
83 149 withdrawn to Tolyatti
  35th Guards Air Assault Brigade Cottbus, Hermann-Loens-Kaserne 16 407 Wesky withdrawn 1990
  6th Independent Guards Motor Rifle Brigade Berlin-Karlshorst
barracks: Festungspionierschule
64 944 Morechod Withdrawn to Kursk
   133rd Independent Motor Rifle Battalion Berlin-Karlshorst 81 544
154th Independent Motor Rifle Battalion Berlin-Karlshorst 65 007
178th Independent Motor Rifle Battalion Berlin-Karlshorst 65 016
53rd Independent Tank Battalion Berlin-Karlshorst
54th Independent Tank Battalion Berlin-Karlshorst
65th Independent Tank Battalion Berlin-Karlshorst
  53rd Guard and Logistics Regiment Wünsdorf 80 340 Wal
  814th Independent Air Defence Missile Regiment Rechlin 96 574 Rediska
  27th Pontoon Bridge Regiment Lutherstadt Wittenberg 50 920
  57th Military Constructing Brigade Forst Zinna, to Jüterbog 72 760
  Vehicle Repair and Workshop Battalion Potsdam 55 872
  Ensemble vocal music and folk-dance Wünsdorf 48 251
  Editorial staff, news papers:
  • «Sowjetskaja Armya»
  • «Naslednik Pobjedy» until 1991
Wünsdorf 48 251
  1249th Independent Logistics Battalion Potsdam 55 946
  199th Independent Medical Battalion Potsdam 50 642
  Central Hospital Beelitz-Heilstätten
  Air Force Hospital Königs Wusterhausen
Air Force subordinates
  239th Independent Guards Helicopter Regiment Oranienburg 79 048 Retutny Withdrawn to Efremov, Tula Oblast, June 1994.
  275th Independent Air Base Support Battalion Oranienburg 79 048 Retutny
  292nd Independent Electronic Warfare Helicopter Squadron Cochstedt 22 632 Aeroplan today: Magdeburg–Cochstedt Airport
  1780th Independent Air Base Support Company Cochstedt
  345th Independent Helicopter Squadron Nohra 62 023 Nagar
  366th Independent Air Base Support Company Cochstedt
  39th Independent Reconnaissance Aviation Flight Sperenberg Airfield 54 243 Sinonim Also reported as 39. OAO REB - Aviation Detachment for Radio-Electronic Combat
  330th Independent Helicopter Flight Dresden 23 299 Mebel, Lira
  113th Independent Mixed Aviation Squadron Oranienburg 42 089 Rutnyi
Artillery subordinates
  HQ 34th Artillery Division Potsdam 55 872 Vyretska Withdrawn to Mulino (settlement), Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, 1994.
286th Guards Howitzer Artillery Brigade Potsdam 50 560 Flazhechny
288th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade Chemnitz 50 618
303rd Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade Altengrabow 50 432 Ledorez
307th Missile Artillery Brigade Chemnitz 80 847 Tsebaka 1987-1989
Repair facility subordinates
  120th Tank Repair Factory Kirchmöser to Brandenburg an der Havel
  184th Tank Repair Factory Magdeburg
  193rd Tank Repair Factory Wünsdorf
  134th Artillery Repair Factory Fürstenwalde/Spree
  511th Artillery Repair Factory
  556th Engineer Equipment Repair Factory Werder (Havel)
  133rd Communications Equipment Repair Factory Luckenwalde
  43rd Vehicle Repair Factory
  52nd Vehicle Repair Factory
  53rd Vehicle Repair Factory
  5th Independent Repair and Restoration Battalion
Units of the Baltic Navy
  234th Waters Ship Guard Battalion Saßnitz 09 822 234 DNPLK
  Off-shore Special Radio Location Post Wustrow, Lohme, Wiek 99 721
Special Weapons Sites
  Special Weapons Depot Brand Halbe, Brandenburg 52°0′42.6″N 13°46′51.3″E / 52.011833°N 13.780917°E / 52.011833; 13.780917
  Special Weapons Depot Finsterwalde Airfield Finsterwalde 51°35′40.71″N 13°45′11.86″E / 51.5946417°N 13.7532944°E / 51.5946417; 13.7532944
  Special Weapons Depot Großenhain Airfield Großenhain 51°18′18.22″N 13°32′56.83″E / 51.3050611°N 13.5491194°E / 51.3050611; 13.5491194
  Special Weapons Depot Himmelpfort also: Lychen II, Himmelpfort 53°10′35.6″N 13°16′52.7″E / 53.176556°N 13.281306°E / 53.176556; 13.281306
  Special Weapons Depot Stolzenhain also: SAD Linda, Schönewalde 51°52′0″N 13°9′48″E / 51.86667°N 13.16333°E / 51.86667; 13.16333

1st Guards Tank Army Saxonia

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unit, formation,
Military Unit Number
location usage remark
until 1945 after 1991-1994
1 2 3 4 5
1st Guards Tank Army (V/Ch 08608) Dresden Officer School of the Heer Albertstadt
   9th Tank Division (V/Ch 60990) Riesa Moved to Smolensk and disbanded.[3]
   1st Guards Tank Regiment Zeithain
1321st Motor Rifle Regiment Jüterbog in Brandenburg
70th Guards Tank Regiment Zeithain
302nd Motor Rifle Regiment Riesa
96th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Borna
   11th Guards Tank Division Dresden Withdrawn to Slonim in Belarus, 1992
   7th Guards Tank Regiment Meissen
40th Guards Tank Regiment Königsbrück
44th Guards Tank Regiment Königsbrück
249th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Dresden
841st Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Chemnitz
1018st Air Defence Missile Regiment Meissen
   20th Guards Motor Rifle Division Grimma
29th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Plauen
67th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Grimma
242nd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Wurzen
576th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Glauchau
944st Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Leisnig
358st Guards Air Defence Missile Regiment Leisnig
units and formations directly subordinated to the 1st GTA
   225th Independent Helicopter Regiment Allstedt
485th Independent Helicopter Regiment Brandis Brandis airfield SN 51°19′42″N 12°39′25″E / 51.32833°N 12.65694°E / 51.32833; 12.65694
181st Rocket Brigade Kochsttdt
432nd Rocket Brigade Wurzen
308st Artillery Brigade Zeithein
   53rd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade Altenburg
   41st Logistic Brigade Dresden
235th Independent Radar Control Support Regiment Merseburg
68th Pontoon Bridge Regiment Dresden
3rd Independent Signal Regiment Dresden

2nd Guards Tank Army Brandenburg / Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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unit, formation location utilisation remark
until 1945 after 1991-1994
1 2 3 4 5
2nd Guards Tank Army Fürstenberg/Havel
   21st Motor Rifle Division Perleberg
   239th Motor Rifle Regiment Perleberg
240th Motor Rifle Regiment Ludwigslust
283rd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Hagenow
568th Motor Rifle Regiment Parchim in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
1054th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Rathenow
1079th Air Defence Missile Regiment Perleberg
16th Guards Tank Division Neustrelitz
47th Guards Tank Regiment Neustrelitz
65th Guards Tank Regiment Neustrelitz
60th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Ravensbrück to Fürstenberg/Havel
723rd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Rathenow
724th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Neustrelitz
66th Air Defence Missile Regiment Neustrelitz
94th Guards Motor Rifle Division Schwerin
204th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Schwerin
286th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Schwerin
288th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Wismar
74th Guards Tank Regiment Schwerin
199th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Wismar
896th Air Defence Missile Regiment Schwerin
   207th Motor Rifle Division Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt
33rd Motor Rifle Regiment Stendal
41st Motor Rifle Regiment Gardelegen
400th Motor Rifle Regiment Mahlwinkel
591st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Staats
693rd Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Stendal
75th Guards Air Defence Missile Regiment Stendal
units and formations directly subordinated to the 2nd GTA
172nd Independent Helicopter Regiment Damm
439th Independent Helicopter Regiment Damm
112th Rocket Brigade Gentzrode
458th Rocket Brigade Neustrelitz
290th Artillery Brigade Schwerin
61st Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade Staats
613rd Radar Control Post Lockwisch
614th Radar Control Post Badekow (Gresse)
621st Radar Control Post Pritzwalk
631st Radar Control Post Damgarten
632nd Radar Control Post Dranske
118th Logistics Brigade Ravensbrück
250th Independent Radar Control Support Regiment Stendal
69th Pontoon Bridge Regiment Ravensbrück
5th Independent Signal Regiment Ravensbrück

3rd Combined Arms Army Saxony-Anhalt

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unit, formation location utilisation remark
until 1945 after 1991-1994
1 2 3 4 5
3rd Army Magdeburg
   7th Guards Tank Division Rosslau
   55th Guards Tank Regiment Lutherstadt Wittenberg
56th Guards Tank Regiment Zerbst
79th Guards Tank Regiment Rosslau
40th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Brandenburg an der Havel
670th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Kochstedt
278th Guards Air Defence Missile Regiment Rosslau
   10th Guards Tank Division Altengrabow
61st Guards Tank Regiment Altengrabow
62nd Guards Tank Regiment Altengrabow
63rd Guards Tank Regiment Altengrabow
248th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Schönebeck
744th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Altengrabow
3598th Guards Air Defence Missile Regiment Altengrabow
   12th Guards Tank Division Neuruppin
48th Guards Tank Regiment Neuruppin
322nd Guards Tank Regiment Neuruppin
353rd Guards Tank Regiment Neuruppin
200th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Burg
117th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Mahlwinkel
933rd Air Defence Missile Regiment Burg
   47th Guards Tank Division Hillersleben
26th Tank Regiment Hillersleben
153rd Guards Tank Regiment Hillersleben
197th Guards Tank Regiment Halberstadt
245th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Mahlwinkel
99th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Malwinkel
1009th Air Defence Missile Regiment Hillersleben
units and formations directly subordinated to the 3rd Army
   178th Independent Helicopter Regiment Borstel Stendal-Borstel Aifield ST 52°37′58″N 11°49′54″E / 52.63278°N 11.83167°E / 52.63278; 11.83167
440th Independent Helicopter Regiment Borstel Stendal-Borstel Aifield
36th Rocket Brigade Altengrabow
   448th Rocket Brigade Born
49th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade Planken
212th Radar Control Post Dähre
213th Radar Control Post Ludwigslust
711th Radar Control Post Ditfurt
385th Artillery Brigade Planken
254th Independent Radar Control Support Regiment t.b.d.
36th Pontoon Bridge Regiment Magdeburg
42nd Logistic Brigade Magdeburg
105th Independent Signal Regiment Magdeburg

8th Guards Army Thuringia

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unit, formation location utilisation remark
until 1945 after 1991-1994
1 2 3 4 5
8th Guards Army Weimar-Nohra
   27th Guards Motor Rifle Division (V/Ch 35100) Halle in Saxony-Anhalt. Withdrawn to Totskoye in the Volga-Ural Military District, May 1991.
   68th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Halle in Saxony-Anhalt
   243rd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Halle in Saxony-Anhalt
   244th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Schlotheim
   28th Tank Regiment Halle in Saxony-Anhalt
   54th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Halle in Saxony-Anhalt
   286st Guards Air Defence Missile Regiment Halle in Saxony-Anhalt
   39th Guards Motor Rifle Division Ohrdruf
   117th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Meiningen
120th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Ohrdruf
172nd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Gotha
585th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Ohrdruf
115st Air Defence Missile Regiment Orhrdruf
87st Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Gotha
   57th Guards Motor Rifle Division Naumburg
170th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Naumburg
174th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Weissenfels
241st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Leipzig
51st Guards Tank Regiment Zeitz
128st Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Zeitz
901st Air Defence Missile Regiment Naumburg
   79th Guards Tank Division Jena Remained until July 1992, when withdrawn to Samarkand in the Turkestan Military District. Quickly disbanded there.[4]
   17th Guards Tank Regiment Saalfeld
45th Guards Tank Regiment Weimar
211th Guards Tank Regiment Jena
247th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Weimar
172nd Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Rudolstadt
1075th Air Defence Missile Regiment Weimar
units and formations directly subordinated to the 8th GA
   336th Independent Helicopter Regiment Nohra (Weimar)
486th Independent Helicopter Regiment Altes Lager Altes Lager Airfield BB 51°59′46″N 12°59′2″E / 51.99611°N 12.98389°E / 51.99611; 12.98389
11th Rocket Brigade Weißenfels
449th Rocket Brigade Arnstadt
18th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade Gotha
411st Radar Control Post Wachstedt
412th Radar Control Post Geba
413th Radar Control Post Eckartshausen
7211th Radar Control Post Stelzen (Siegmundsburg) Bleßberg
722nd Radar Control Post Steinheid
723rd Radar Control Post Schöneck
733rd Radar Control Post Alperstedt
116th Logistic Brigade Altenburg
390th Artillery Brigade Ohrdruf
119th Independent Tank Regiment Bad Langensalza
65th Pontoon Bridge Regiment Merseburg
194th Independent Radar Control Support Regiment Weimar
91st Independent Signal Regiment Weimar
unit, formation location utilisation remark
until 1945 after 1991-1994
1 2 3 4 5
Headquarters Zossen-Wünsdorf
   6th Guards Fighter Aviation Division Merseburg
   31st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment Falkenberg/Elster
85th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment Merseburg
968th Fighter Aviation Regiment Nobitz Altenburg
139th Aviation Technical Regiment Merseburg
16th Guards Fighter Aviation Division Damgarten
33rd Fighter Aviation Regiment Wittstock
773rd Fighter Aviation Regiment Damgarten
787th Fighter Aviation Regiment Finow
126th Fighter Aviation Division Zerbst
35th Fighter Aviation Regimen Zerbst
833dr Fighter Aviation Regimen Altes Lager
125th Fighter-bomber Aviation Division Rechlin
19th Guards Fighter-bomber Aviation Regiment Lärz Müritzflugplatz Rechlin-Lärz MV 53°18′23.10″N 12°45′11.30″E / 53.3064167°N 12.7531389°E / 53.3064167; 12.7531389
20th Guards Fighter-bomber Aviation Regiment Groß Dölln
730dr Fighter-bomber Aviation Regiment Neuruppin
105th Fighter-bomber Aviation Division Großenhain
296th Fighter-bomber Aviation Regiment Großenhain
559th Fighter-bomber Aviation Regiment Finsterwalde
911th Fighter-bomber Aviation Regiment Brand Airfield
Separate units, direct subordinated to the 16th AA
11th Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment Welzow
226th Separate Mixed Aviation Regiment Sperenberg (Am Mellensee) BB 52°08′22.56″N 13°18′18.76″E / 52.1396000°N 13.3052111°E / 52.1396000; 13.3052111
357th Separate Ground Attack Aviation Regiment Brandis
368th Separate Ground Attack Aviation Regiment Tutow
2140th Aviation Technical Depot Strausberg BB 52°34′12.76″N 13°52′54.34″E / 52.5702111°N 13.8817611°E / 52.5702111; 13.8817611

20th Guards Army Brandenburg

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unit, formation location utilisation remark
until 1945 after 1991-1994
1 2 3 4 5
20th Guards Army Eberswalde
   35th Motor Rifle Division Krampnitz
   62nd Motor Rifle Regiment Potsdam
64th Motor Rifle Regiment Potsdam
69th Motor Rifle Regiment Wünsdorf
83rd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Krampnitz
219th Tank Regiment Elstal / Olympisches Dorf
283rd Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Elstal / Olympisches Dorf
200th Air Defence Missile Regiment Krampnitz
   90th Guards Tank Division Bernau
   6th Guards Tank Regiment Bad Freienwalde
68th Guards Tank Regiment Bernau
215th Guards Tank Regiment Bernau
81st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Eberswalde-Finow
400st Artillery Regiment Bernau
288th Air Defence Artillera Regiment Bernau
   6th Independent Guards Motor Rifle Brigade Berlin Karlshorst
units and formations, direct subordinated to the 20th GA
   337th Independent Helicopter Regiment Mahlwinkel ST 52°23′24″N 11°46′59″E / 52.39000°N 11.78306°E / 52.39000; 11.78306
   486th Independent Helicopter Regiment Prenzlau
   27th Rocket Brigade Jüterbog
   464th Rocket Brigade Fürstenwalde
   67th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade Elstal / Olympisches Dorf
   387th Artillery Brigade Altes Lager
   117th Logistic Brigade Eberswalde
   264th Independent Radar Control Support Regiment Neudenbritz
   44th Pontoon Bridge Regiment Frankfurt an der Oder
   6th Independent Signal Regiment Eberswalde
   512th Radar Control Post Fürstenwalde

Units directly subordinated to the GSFG

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The following units were directly subordinated to the GSFG's headquarters.

unit, formation location utilisation remark
until 1945 after 1991-1994
1 2 3 4 5
GSFG headquarters Wünsdorf
   157th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade Primerwald
164th Rocket Brigade Drachhausen
175th Rocket Brigade Oschatz
133rd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade Jüterbog
202nd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade Magdeburg
40th Radar Control Support Brigade Wittstock
45th Radar Control Support Brigade Merseburg
1st Engineer Brigade Brandenburg an der Havel
118th Signal Brigade Wünsdorf
119th Signal Brigade Leipzig
132nd Signal Brigade Treuenbrietzen
34th Artillery Division Potsdam
286th Howitzer Artillery Brigade Potsdam
288th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade Chemnitz
303rd Guards Gun Artillery Brigade Altengrabow Training area Altengrabow MV 52°9′26.28″N 12°13′17.4″E / 52.1573000°N 12.221500°E / 52.1573000; 12.221500
307th Missile Artillery Brigade Chemnitz
122nd Antitank Artillery Brigade Königsbrück
64th Motor Vehicle Brigade Kummersdorf
65th Motor Vehicle Brigade Fürstenwalde
27th Pontoon Bridge Regiment Lutherstadt Wittenberg
272nd Independent Signal Regiment Frankfurt an der Oder
29th Independent Electronic Warfare Regiment Schönewalde
67th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade Elstal
163rd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade Leipzig
252nd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade Gera
239th Independent Guards Helicopter Regiment Oranienburg

References / sources

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  1. ^ Soviet troops in Germany 1945 to 1994, memorial album, edition Moscow, published by «Jang Guard», 1994; ISBN 5-235-02221-1.
  2. ^ Constituted on 30 July 1945 initially at the US Forces headquarters in the American sector. The Soviet Union rejected the originally planned seat, the former Reich Aviation Ministry on Leipziger Straße in the Mitte district (along with every other proposed location in the Soviet sector). The Allied Control Council for Germany met 82 times before the Soviet Union walked out of the council on 20 March 1948. The principle of unanimity prevailed. Between meetings, the coordinating committee and control staff with 12 directors managed the work. Not a German executive body.
  3. ^ Feskov "The Soviet Army in the Years of the Cold War," 2004, p. 105.
  4. ^ Feskov et al 2013, pp. 401–403.

References

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