✦ History

Martial law in Poland

December 13, 1981 – July 22, 1983 · Warsaw

General Wojciech Jaruzelski's government imposed martial law to crush the Solidarity movement and interned thousands of activists.

On the map Contemporaries

Key people

Wojciech Jaruzelski First Secretary and Prime Minister of Poland, Imposed martial law Lech Wałęsa Solidarity leader, Interned

Participants

Strength and losses

KilledWounded
Polish United Workers' Party 1 20
Solidarity 91

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Martial law in Poland

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