[Originally posted by ibaya:
I remember reading a history of the NVA (National People's Army), and it mentioned that the East Germans introduced Soviet-style uniforms for their militias and border guards. Because of negative reaction from the public, they abandoned it for uniforms more reminiscent of the Wehrmacht.]
I just finished a book written by Alexander Bogomolov (born 1922), the German-language interpreter who translated most of the high-level meetings between Soviets and Germans after April 1951, the time of his arrival in Berlin. He mentions a presentation of new DDR army uniforms organized by DDR Interior Minister Willi Stoph in 1951 for the Chief of the Soviet Occupation Forces Army General (later Marshal) Tchuikov. The uniforms were designed in Soviet style. Tchuikov said: "You are a German army, not a Russian army," and the field gray of the Wehrmacht was reborn.
I remember reading a history of the NVA (National People's Army), and it mentioned that the East Germans introduced Soviet-style uniforms for their militias and border guards. Because of negative reaction from the public, they abandoned it for uniforms more reminiscent of the Wehrmacht.]
I just finished a book written by Alexander Bogomolov (born 1922), the German-language interpreter who translated most of the high-level meetings between Soviets and Germans after April 1951, the time of his arrival in Berlin. He mentions a presentation of new DDR army uniforms organized by DDR Interior Minister Willi Stoph in 1951 for the Chief of the Soviet Occupation Forces Army General (later Marshal) Tchuikov. The uniforms were designed in Soviet style. Tchuikov said: "You are a German army, not a Russian army," and the field gray of the Wehrmacht was reborn.
Dietrich
