| | The "other side", the Peoples Army of East-Germany (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | The "DDR-Volkskammer" decides to establish a "Nationale Volksarmee (NVA)" and the ministery of devense, the "Ministerium fuer Nationale Verteidigung". |
 | | Beside other Organisations of the DDR and the GSSD ("Group of sovjet forces in germany") units of the NVA (1st MSD, 8th MSD) participate in building the berlin-wall and the border fortifications to west-germany. |
 | | The border-police is renamed "Grenztruppen der DDR" and becomes attached to the "Ministerium fuer Nationale Verteidigung". |
| www.comrades.de /rhoenkaserne/nva/nva_geschichte_english.htm (517 words) |