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The Soviet armies permanently stationed in Germany were the predominant land-based military threat to NATO from the late 1940s until 1989 , a primary factor in the Military situation during the Cold War . The possibility of a Soviet invasion of West Germany and other Western European countries (or a corresponding NATO eastward incursion) was however kept low due to the dangers of Nuclear escalation. By 1994 , Soviet forces had withdrawn back to Russia in accordance with the treaty which brought about German Reunification . The primary Soviet formations included:
SEE ALSO REFERENCE Lutz Freundt, ''Sovetskiye voyska v Germanii, 1945-1994'' (''Soviet Troops in Germany 1945-1994''), Molodaya Gvardiya Publishing House, 1994. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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