Western Group of the Armed Forces - Definition and Overview

Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (1949--1988), also known as Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany (1945--1949) and Western Group of Forces (1988-1990) were the troops of the Soviet Army in East Germany.

• 1st Guards Tank Red Banner Army, Dresden (1 гвардейская танковая Краснознаменная армия)
• 2nd Guards Tank Red Banner Army, Fuerstenberg (2 гвардейская танковая Краснознаменная армия)
• 3rd Shock Combined-Arms Red Banner Army, Magdeburg (3 общевойсковая Краснознаменная армия)
• 8th Guards Combined-Arms Order of Lenin Army Nohra (8 гвардейская общевойсковая ордена Ленина армия )
• 20th Guards Combined-Arms Red Banner Army, Eberswalde-Finow (20 гвардейская общевойсковая Краснознаменная армия )
• 16th Air Red Banner Army, Wuensdorf (16 воздушная Краснознаменная армия )
• A number of separate regiments of Group subordination (sapper, communications, rocket, artillery, etc.)

See also

• Soviet Military Administration in Germany

Reference

Lutz Freundt, Sovetskiye voyska v Germanii, 1945-1994 (Soviet Troops in Germany 1945-1994), Molodaya Gvardiya Publishing House, 1994.

External links

• Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (http://www.usmlm.org/home/soviets/GSFGOB.htm)
• GSFG (in Russian) (http://www.genstab.ru/gsvg.htm)