German Reunification is one of the key events of the Twilight War, in fact it pretty much starts the Twilight War in Europe.
East Germany was a member of the Warsaw Pact. Once West German troops enter East Germany they compromise their membership of the Warsaw Pact and their neutrality in any German-Soviet war. As far as the Soviets are concerned the Germans are now the enemy and their not going to distinguish between East and West.
East Germany was also an artificial creation of the post-Second World War political reality of Europe. The Soviet Union and Soviet forces in Germany was the main reason East Germany continued to exist. It wasn't recognised by West Germany and wasn't popular among East Germans unless they were die-hard communists.
Besides adding the prefix '2' to NVA units I haven't altered the NVA Army at all. All the divisions still exist and but start using official German nomenclature from early 1997 but continue to use NVA equipment throughout the war. I did disband most border guards and state security troops as they would be considered politically unreliable, and the NVA air and naval forces were absorbed into their larger West German counterparts.
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