Following the process of German reunification in 1990, the LandstreitkrГ¤fte were partially integrated into the German Army. During the Cold War, the West German Army was fully integrated into NATO's command structure while the LandstreitkrГ¤fte were part of the Warsaw Pact. ДЄfter World War II, Germany was divided into the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), which both formed their own militaries: on 12 November 1955 the first recruits began their service in the West German Heer, while on 1 March 1956 the East German LandstreitkrГ¤fte der NVA (Land Forces of the National People's Army) were founded. The Heer was formally disbanded in August 1946. The Heer was one of two ground forces of the Third Reich during World War II but, unlike the Heer, the Waffen-SS was not a branch of the Wehrmacht but was a combat force under the Nazi Party's own Schutzstaffel forces. From 1921 to 1935 the name of the German land forces was the Reichsheer (Army of the Empire) and from 1935 to 1945 the name Heer was used. Following the German defeat in World War I and the end of the German Empire, the main army was dissolved. From 1871 to 1919, the title Deutsches Heer (German Army) was the official name of the German land forces. A German army equipped, organized, and trained following a single doctrine and permanently unified under one command in 1871 during the unification of Germany under the leadership of Prussia.

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