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While surfing youtube came upon the following video (see below) of the East Germany (EG.) military parade of 1989. Question, yes, EG. politics and economy were in free fall but there military seemed fine. Why did the military not just take over when the bottom fell out of the government. Once in power they could have gone more to the right if they had chosen so. Or were the Soviets too entrenched in the EG. military. Its kind of hard to believe that any nation with a functional military, unless invaded by a stronger enemy, could collapse overnight.

The video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_9jqxCVpLI