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The Warsaw Pact (WP), [d] formally the Treaty of Friendship, ... A 1981 "Soviet Big Seven" threats poster, displaying the equipment of the militaries of the Warsaw Pact.
After unsuccessfully begging Warsaw Pact commander-in-chief Viktor Kulikov and Soviet ambassador Boris Aristov for military assistance once again, on 13 December 1981, Jaruzelski finally proclaimed martial law. [3] To justify the emergency measures, Jaruzelski was still playing on the public fear of Soviet invasion.
The strike was planned for Tuesday, 31 March 1981. On 25 March, Lech Wałęsa met Deputy Prime Minister Mieczysław Rakowski of the Polish United Workers' Party, but no agreement came from their talks. Two days later, the strike took place. It was the biggest strike in the history of both Poland and the Warsaw Pact.
December 1–4. Meeting of Ministers of Defence of the Warsaw Pact nations in Moscow, during which the situation in Poland is discussed. December 2. At 10:15 a.m., special police units break down the strike at Warsaw's School of Fire Service Officers. During the operation, helicopters are used and several activists are arrested.
Protest in Bonn against the nuclear arms race between the NATO and the Warsaw Pact, 1981. The NATO Double-Track Decision was the decision by NATO from December 12, 1979, to offer the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact a mutual limitation of medium-range ballistic missiles and intermediate-range ballistic missiles amidst the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. [1]
Pages in category "Warsaw Pact" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. ... Soviet reaction to the Polish crisis of 1980–1981; Starshel;
NATO and the Warsaw Pact. During the Cold War, NATO and the Warsaw Pact both had large tank formations present in Europe. The following gives the number of armoured formations and tank strength as of 1981/1982 for Warsaw Pact and NATO member countries. These include formations and vehicles deployed outside Europe, such as North America or the ...
With a population of approximately 37.9 million near the end of its existence, it was the second most-populous communist and Eastern Bloc country in Europe, and one of the main signatories of the Warsaw Pact alliance. [1] The largest city and official capital since 1947 was Warsaw, followed by the industrial city of Łódź and cultural city of ...