The Volksmarine (VM, German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlksmaˌʁiːne]; English: People's Navy) was the naval force of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from...

official name with respect to the 1990 incorporation of the East German Volksmarine (People's Navy). It is deeply integrated into the NATO alliance. Its...

sleeve rings encircled the lower cuffs. Korvettenkapitän was in the Volksmarine of the GDR the lowest grade of the senior officer's rank group. It was...

officer candidate or officer aspirant (OA)). While the sleeve ranks of the Volksmarine officers were of the style used by the Soviet Navy, all shoulder board...

with other armed forces of the Warsaw pact. The equivalent rank in the Volksmarine (en: GDR Navy) was Oberleutnant zur See. Later it was shortened to simply...

organized into four branches: the Landstreitkräfte (Ground Forces), the Volksmarine (Navy), the Luftstreitkräfte (Air Force) and the Grenztruppen (Border...

of the following branches: Land Forces of the National People's Army Volksmarine – People's Navy Air Forces of the National People's Army The border troops...

flag officer grade of the Volksmarine, equivalent to the one-star rank Generalmajor (OF-6 as well). In the GDR Volksmarine there were three flag officer...

been used by the Reichsmarine, Kriegsmarine, and Bundesmarine. In the Volksmarine, the rank was originally used in the same way until the suffix zur See...

Generaladmiral in the Kriegsmarine until 1945 or to a Flottenadmiral in the Volksmarine until 1990. It was the highest ordinary military rank and the highest...