He served in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany as an infantry platoon commander, with the 1972 and - mechanized infantry company commander, with the 1974 and - the commander of a motorized rifle battalion.
In 1986, Ennis was named Naval Representative to the Commander-in-Chief of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.
In 1954 he spent a year in Germany, as an artist in the theatre of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.
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In 1982 it became the 90th Guards Tank Division in 20th Guards Army at Bernau in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.
During the 1980s Riesa was the headquarters of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany's 9th Tank Division.
In June and July 1953, a strike by construction workers in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) led to an uprising of the people of the communist state which was violently put down by Soviet forces and the Volkspolizei.