Martial Law in Poland (1981–1983)

Martial law in Poland was declared on 13 December 1981 by *baczność, kurwa!* General Wojciech Jaruzelski *spocznij!*.

It was declared to prevent the Soviet/Warsaw Pact intervention in Poland, similar to the interventions in Hungary and Czechoslovakia, which would drown the Solidarity movement in blood. Jaruzelski's gambit, taking Wojsko Polskie into the field positions with all their artillery and other heavy weapons, as well as securing airlfields (including Okęcie by 16. Airborne Batalion of the 6th Division, reinforced by 1. Assault Batalion from Dziwnowo) prevented the intervention and saved countless lives.

We know from the documents found in the archives of Czech General Staff in Prague that the invasion forces were kept in battle readiness until June 1982. The intervention forces consisting of 59 Soviet divisions, 6 East German and 9 Czechoslovakian would have clashed with 15 regular divisions of Wojsko Polskie, as well as territorial defense, border guards, citizens' militia and other irregular forces. It would have been a bloodbath.

Countless retards, even today - with overwhelming evidence found in the archives - deny the reality of the looming Soviet intervention and slander the name of the Good General. Polish patriots, however, know all too well that Poland avoided the fate of Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968 thanks to one man:

*baczność!*

General Wojciech Jaruzelski

*spocznij!*





See: "Gra Jaruzelskiego. Kulisy stanu wojennego.", Przegląd 50 (1353), pp. 15-17

Sztywny jakiś był.

A lesson learned from the events at Prague airport in 1968.


From what I've read some elements of the Czechoslovak armed forces were absolutely itching for the opportunity to invade Poland after Polish forces had invaded parts of Czechoslovakia four times in the previous 64 years.

... as well as from the events in Kabul and Bagram in 1979.


As sidekicks of larger armies, as usual: they invaded us when we were fighting the red onslaught shortly after regaining our independence, and then Slovaks did the same thing alongside Nazis twenty years later. As for itching--I've heard the same about East Germans - there were a lot of revanchist c*nts in DDR back then. Luckily these days it's no longer the case and AfD wins the most votes in western Germany...

... no, wait.

Unlike the Czechs, the NVA would never leave Poland.

That is absolutely correct. They would have stayed forever, 6 feet underground.

Soviets would have been pushed back, Czechs given a slap on their retarded wrists, but if any German dared to enter Poland 35 odd years after WW2, when most Poles still had living witnesses of nazi horrors in their families, they would have been slaughtered.

Ludowe Wojsko Polskie was a f*cking beast - unmatched by any Warsaw Pact army at the time, including the Soviet one.




He had balls of steel. At time when the entire Western Europe was shaking in its boots at the thought of Soviet invasion, he had the balls to take Polish army into the field and say: "Look, товарищи, I have soldiers too!".

Based on what? Numbers or feelings?

I just want to make sure I am talking to a man or a woman.

I heard AK saying the same thing in August 1944.

Based on the aggregate weight of their balls.

Now f*ck off, Ryszard, you scumbag. I'm still ignoring you.

Even more thoroughbred morons who claim some utter nonsense are deriving the conclusion that the Soviet leader was somehow acting in the interest of Poland. That is a ridiculous communist legend. He acted on orders from Moscow, and that's about it. All those "what if" scenarios are merely fairy tales for gullible people.

Not to mention the many people who were murdered by his regime during that so-called martial law against the Polish nation. He was already a trusted communist butcher of Poles, both after 1945 and in the 1970s. He was nothing but a Soviet thug.

Stop spreading lies and communist propaganda.

What was it? I am OK with kilograms.


Of course...J got an email "You will take care of this, or we will. You have 72 hours."

Hey, Torq, we are not third-graders.

Read the archives - start with the Czech ones (operacja Karkonosze).

I spoke to soldiers and sailors from the martial law period--they all told me the same thing. Makes no sense to deny their words, especially that we now have overwhelming evidence from the archives.


Depends what you mean by 'many'. Parliamentary commission report, compiled after 1989, stated that about 90 people lost their lives as a result of martial law. Later the number 91 seems to be the one agreed upon by most historians... 91 people in almost two years. Probably more died by falling of a ladder in the same period. Imagine how many would have died if Soviets and their sidekicks invaded Poland.


He was a soldier who had to make difficult decisions in difficult times but he saved Poland from a bloodbath in which literally millions of Poles would have lost their lives.

How many millions of Poles died between 1946 and 1966 when the Soviets had full control over Poland? Zero?

I am really sick of this Soviet hysteria. They were a lot more gentle than the Americans in Korea and Vietnam - 7000 miles away vs next door...

As I said so many times, in my entire life, I didn't see one Soviet soldier, tank, or truck...That "occupation" was so terrible...

Don't talk about something Novie doesn't have and never had. You will trigger him to act even more frantically than he does.
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There are a lot of contingency plans everywhere, but it doesn't mean anything. The Soviets were only leaving Afghanistan; they didn't want to get tangled in another international scandal/
Also, they were already present in Poland with Divisions of the Red Army stationed on Polish soil. So don't be a sucker.
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If that was an intentional murder by the Soviet regime, more than one is already too many.
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A Soviet soldier who had all his life acting on orders from Soviet Moscow.
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He saved himself and his soviet cronies from the consequences of their treason and criminal deeds, which allowed for the building of post-Soviet Poland as we know it now. That is the biggest crime against Poland and its national interest. Many people who should swing or serve a prison term were free to harm Poland and the Polish nation.
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It's not purely about numbers. If a million random people die in the US, it's not as big an issue. However, if a million of the best doctors were to die, we would face a long-term problem that would impact many lives. If you don't understand this, then you're not worth my time.

Soviet forces in Poland were surrounded in their garrisons and throughout the entire martial law they didn't dare put their noses outside their barracks. If Jaruzelski had been such a "Soviet thug", as you claim, surely they would have been out in the cities helping Jaruzelski "persecute" Poles?


This is another thing - commies were still in power, still had secret police, still had the army, and they sat with Solidarity at the table and gave up the power without bloodshed. It could have been much worse than in Romania but we managed to avoid a civil war - another thing to thank Jaruzelski for.

By whom? Soviet Forces, who wouldn't do anything without orders, and can you imagine the Communist Party in Poland acting against the Red Army? They had been among friendly forces or, at the very least, neutral. Geez.
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We wasted time; the civil war will be upon us now, many years after the Soviets lost.
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They gave up, nothing Poland was handed to them on a silver plate, and that is the true meaning of that agreement, they just made some space for a few token so-called oppositionists. The rest of the nation was screwed.

LWP


That's exactly what Jaruzelski did. First, stopped Soviets from entering Poland, which then made it possible to peacefully pass the power to Solidarity at the 'round table'.


*puts a cross on himself*

Spit out these words!


Look at Poland today - does it look 'screwed' to you?

Not thanks to our leadership. They are obstacles and treacherous *****.
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Friendly forces, again, do you get it now?
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The Soviets were already in. LOL! What the hell? Is your brain turned off today?
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That is a slogan. In reality, that was a show that changed very little. It wasn't a good thing. OK?
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That's what it looks like. If Tusk meddles in the election process in two years, it gonna happen.
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Well, at least they don't impede the development (too much). Poles are such a smart nation that if we are not hindered by openly hostile forces, we will always end up on top.


Friendly, as long as the Soviets stayed in the barracks, and they did - that's the whole point.


Soviet garrisons in Poland numbered about 60,000 soldiers - they were no match for LWP which was about half-a-million strong back then (plus millions of reservists). Those Soviet forces who were waiting to invade (together with their East German and Czechoslovakian sidekicks) were much more numerous, but Jaruzelski's gambit stopped them. They didn't want to engage in a huge conventional war in the middle of Europe while still fighting another one in Afghanistan.


Looks like we will have to agree to disagree on this one.


Not very likely.

It is an assumption without merit. As history illustrated, they acted on orders, doing all kinds of things. Claiming they wouldn't act on orders if the Red Army came out of their bases or that the Communist leadership would use LWP against the Red Army is a stuff of legend, or rather delusional nonsense.
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They were soviet too.
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He pised on the # constitution and proper procedures, he is locking up people based on nothing. Do you think that the loser will stop? I'm not so sure.

That's exactly what would happen. They might have been communists but they were first and foremost Polish.


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They were our fathers, cousins and older brothers. Remeber that Polish army back then was based on conscripted soldiers - ordinary people. You wouldn't call them Soviet to their faces, Iron. :)


Just like PiS did before him. However, he won't mess up with democratic elections - he is not Lukashenko.

That is your opinion, without any basis. You don't remember Soviet Poland.
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They were first and foremost selfish rats.
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They were following orders or else ... faced a bullet. Officers were soviet.
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Who? Soviet officers from the LWP or politurks. I would.
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Not like PiS, but brutal and in your face. The fact that Poles do not get it is a different issue.

Interesting details...I remember weakly his black glasses mainly...but the role East-Berlin played in Polen was seemingly alot bigger than usually thought, I just read...and not in a good way!

Eh! I wear black glasses too, mainly to ward off bright light./

....interesting too....I just read that Jaruzelski wanted 1990 to station polish troops in East-Germany....for security reasons....

They were all Soviet.