The Kasernierte Volkspolizei (KVP; German for "Barracked People's Police") was a paramilitary force in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1948 to 1956 that served as a precursor to the National People's Army (NVA). Their original headquarters was in the Adlershof borough in East Berlin, and from 1954 in Strausberg in modern-day Brandenburg.
The Kasernierte Volkspolizei (KVP; German for "Barracked People's Police") was a paramilitary force in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1948 to 1956 that served as a precursor to the National People's Army (NVA). Their original headquarters was in the Adlershof borough in East Berlin, and from 1954 in Strausberg in modern-day Brandenburg.
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