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3 unusual facts about Group of Soviet Forces in Germany


Leonid Maltsev

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.

Michael E. Ennis

In 1986, Ennis was named Naval Representative to the Commander-in-Chief of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.

Vladimir Voroshilov

In 1954 he spent a year in Germany, as an artist in the theatre of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.


90th Guards Tank Division

In 1982 it became the 90th Guards Tank Division in 20th Guards Army at Bernau in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.

Riesa

During the 1980s Riesa was the headquarters of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany's 9th Tank Division.

Sender Freies Berlin

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.


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