Presentation of colours to the First Mechanised Regiment of the National People's Army of the German Democratic Republic (30 April 1956)

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On 30 April 1956, Willi Stoph, the East German Defence Minister, leads the official ceremony to mark the presentation of the colours to the First Mechanised Regiment of the National People’s Army of the German Democratic Republic (GDR).

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Source: THOSS, Bruno. Vom Kalten Krieg zur deutschen Einheit, Analysen und Zeitzeugenberichte zur deutschen Militärgeschichte 1945 bis 1995. München: R. Oldenbourg, 1995. ISBN 3-486-56160-X.

Copyright: (c) Dr. Arnim Lang

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Presentation of colours to the First Mechanised Regiment of the National People's Army of the German Democratic Republic (30 April 1956)