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| Czechoslovak People's Army | |
|---|---|
| Československá lidová armáda (in Czech) Československá ľudová armáda (in Slovak) | |
 Flag of the Czechoslovak People's Army (1960–1990) | |
| Motto | Za vlast–za socialismus Za vlasť–za socializmus (For Homeland–For Socialism) |
| Founded | 1 June 1954 |
| Disbanded | 14 March 1990 |
| Service branches | Land Forces Air Force |
| Headquarters | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Leadership | |
| President of Czechoslovakia | |
| Minister of Defence | |
| Chief of the General Staff | |
| Personnel | |
| Active personnel | 201,000 (1987) |
| Related articles | |
| Ranks | Ranks of the Czechoslovak Armed Forces |
The Czechoslovak People's Army (Czech: Československá lidová armáda, Slovak: Československá ľudová armáda, ČSLA) was the armed forces of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic from 1954[1] until 1989. From 1955 it was a member force of the Warsaw Pact. On 14 March 1990 the Army's name was officially reverted to the Czechoslovak Army removing the adjective "People's" from the name. The Czechoslovak Army was split into the Army of the Czech Republic and the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 1 January 1993.
- ^ Burian, Michal; Rýc, Jiří (2007). Historie spojovacího vojska [History of [Czechoslovak] Signal Corps] (in Czech). Prague: Ministerstvo obrany – Agentura vojenských informací a služeb. p. 148. ISBN 978-80-7278-414-1.