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Kasernierte Volkspolizei (KVP, German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 for Garrisoned People's Police or Barracked People's Police) were the military units of the Volkspolizei
Volkspolizei

The Volkspolizei was the national police of the German Democratic Republic . The officers were commonly nicknamed VoPo in West Germany....
 (police) in the German Democratic Republic
German Democratic Republic

The German Democratic Republic was a self-declared socialist state created in the Soviet Zone of occupied Germany and the East Berlin of Allied Occupation Zones in Germany....
 (East Germany). Formed in 1948 (under different name) these units became basis of the National People's Army
National People's Army

The National People?s Army was the military of the German Democratic Republic....
 established in 1956.

ctober 1948 the Soviet Military Administration in Germany
Soviet Military Administration in Germany

The Soviet Military Administration in Germany was the Soviet Union military government, headquartered in Berlin-Karlshorst, that directly ruled the Soviet occupation zone of Germany from the German surrender in May 1945 until after the establishment of the East Germany in October 1949....
 formed the Alert Police (Bereitschaftspolizei), a force of armed units housed in barracks and trained in military fashion.






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Kasernierte Volkspolizei (KVP, German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 for Garrisoned People's Police or Barracked People's Police) were the military units of the Volkspolizei
Volkspolizei

The Volkspolizei was the national police of the German Democratic Republic . The officers were commonly nicknamed VoPo in West Germany....
 (police) in the German Democratic Republic
German Democratic Republic

The German Democratic Republic was a self-declared socialist state created in the Soviet Zone of occupied Germany and the East Berlin of Allied Occupation Zones in Germany....
 (East Germany). Formed in 1948 (under different name) these units became basis of the National People's Army
National People's Army

The National People?s Army was the military of the German Democratic Republic....
 established in 1956.

History

In October 1948 the Soviet Military Administration in Germany
Soviet Military Administration in Germany

The Soviet Military Administration in Germany was the Soviet Union military government, headquartered in Berlin-Karlshorst, that directly ruled the Soviet occupation zone of Germany from the German surrender in May 1945 until after the establishment of the East Germany in October 1949....
 formed the Alert Police (Bereitschaftspolizei), a force of armed units housed in barracks and trained in military fashion. The force consisted of forty units with 100 - 250 men each, the units were subordinated to provincial authorities. Many of the officers and men were recruited among German POW
Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war is a combatant who is held in continuing custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict....
s held in the Soviet Union.

In November 1948 the German Interior Administration (Deutschen Verwaltung des Innern, DVdI) took responsibility over the force (and the border troops
Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic

The Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic, in German Grenztruppen der DDR, were a military force of the GDR and the primary force guarding the Berlin Wall and the Inner German border between East and West Germany....
) and included them in section named Hauptabteilung Grenzpolizei und Bereitschaften (HA GP/B). The section was renamed to Verwaltung für Schulung (VfS) on August 25 1949, to Hauptverwaltung für Ausbildung (HVA) on October 15 1949 and to Kasernierte Volkspolizei (KVP) on June 1 1952

In addition to ground troops HVA and KVP also included a separate naval and air arm. In December 1952 KVP membership was up to 90,250. The communist party
Socialist Unity Party of Germany

The Socialist Unity Party of Germany was the governing party of the German Democratic Republic from its formation on 7 October 1949 until the elections of March 1990....
 and Soviet military authorities did exercise strict ideological control over the force.

On March 1 1956 the KVP units were transferred into the newly established army of East Germany, the National People's Army
National People's Army

The National People?s Army was the military of the German Democratic Republic....
 (NVA).