dedkalinin
10 Dec 2009
History / Jaruzelski asked Soviets for assistance [51]
That's strange... In the years 90, in Kaliningrad there were some discussion about those events.
The fact was that there were still some old german trains, that Urss preserved in Kaliningrad, because they fit for the western railroads. The reason was that the use of those trains to transport troops and tanks into Poland. There was told that in the beginning of 80, those trains waited only for the autorization from Moscow to cross the Polish border.
After perestrojka, some trains were abandoned, and finally sold for their metal...
Meanwhile, the documents show that Russia had not planned any military intervention for fear of a reaction from the West.
That's strange... In the years 90, in Kaliningrad there were some discussion about those events.
The fact was that there were still some old german trains, that Urss preserved in Kaliningrad, because they fit for the western railroads. The reason was that the use of those trains to transport troops and tanks into Poland. There was told that in the beginning of 80, those trains waited only for the autorization from Moscow to cross the Polish border.
After perestrojka, some trains were abandoned, and finally sold for their metal...