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4 unusual facts about NVA


9K11 Malyutka

On 23 April 1972, the recently organized ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) 20th Tank Regiment was attacked by the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) employing the 9M14M Malyutka anti-tank guided missile for the first time.

Domino theory

The fall of Cambodia had more complex causes but ultimately also resulted from the country being dragged into the Vietnam war, first by the Viet Cong who operated bases in the country and used it as part of the Ho Chi Minh trail, and then by full scale NVA attack, in conjunction with the Khmer Rouge, against the pro-U.S Lon Nol republic.

Nong Het

The strategical position of Nong Het meant that it was an "important resupply and transshipment point" during the Indochinese and Vietnam War, and contained "approximately a dozen NVA warehouses".

NVA

National People's Army, or Nationale Volksarmee, the army of former German Democratic Republic


History of Cambodia

By the mid-1960s, parts of Cambodia's eastern provinces were serving as bases for North Vietnamese Army and National Liberation Front (NVA/NLF) forces operating against South Vietnam, and the port of Sihanoukville was being used to supply them.

Jasmin Schwiers

She also acted in German movies like Schule (2000) (together with Daniel Brühl) and NVA (2005).

Kilmartin Glen

In 2007, Kilmartin Glen was the setting for Half Life, a piece of landscape art and performance created by the Scottish theatre company NVA in collaboration with the National Theatre of Scotland.

NVA Entertainment

Part of NVA Holdings, NVA Entertainment Group was founded in 2004 by Chris Nathaniel and Paul Boadi and is primarily concerned with the representation of UK and international sports personalities.

NVA has a specialist team giving clients access to an FA certified Sports agent and a specialist in Sports law as needed.

Operation Arc Light

In the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops, an Arc Light strike occurs on the NVA troops at the end of the level "S.O.G."

Operation Kentucky

During November 9th Marines continued construction of the strongpoint obstacle system and engaged platoon and company-sized NVA units often in bunkers trying to ambush the Marines and hinder construction, the Marines killed 65 NVA during these encounters.

Peenemünde Airfield

Bus tours are also available, on which one can visit the former shelters of the NVA and the remnants of the V-1 flying bomb facilities.

Special Mission

Of the 500 feature films created by DEFA from 1956, the year in which the National People's Army was fouded, until its dismantlement during 1990, only five had their plot dealing explicitly with the East German armed forces - although many pictures were set in historical military formations, like the Wehrmacht, and DEFA produced many documentaries and news bulletins about the NVA.

The Short-Timers

After his quick recovery, Joker learns that the platoon commander was killed by a friendly grenade, while the squad leader went insane and attacked an NVA position with a BB gun only to be shot down.

The Storr

Created by NVA, a Scottish environmental arts company directed by Angus Farquhar (formerly of Test Dept) and designed by a team including "" and David Bryant, the work contained music by Geir Jenssen, Paul Mounsey, live performance by Gaelic singer Anne Martin and recordings of the works of Gaelic poet Somhairle MacGill-Eain (Sorley MacLean).

Viet Cong and Vietnam People's Army logistics and equipment

The VC/NVA used a wide variety of grenades from explosives inserted into discarded American C-ration cans to modern Chicom types.

Werner E. Ablaß

Together with minister Rainer Eppelmann, Secretary of State in the Ministerium für Abrüstung und Verteidigung (MfAuV), Ablaß played a major role in the closure of the National People's Army (NVA) during the German reunification.


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