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Post by Jaga on Dec 13, 2011 10:09:46 GMT -7
any clues?  ? December 13, 30 years ago? |
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Post by pieter on Dec 13, 2011 11:51:39 GMT -7
On 13 December general Wojciech Jaruzelski proclaimed martial law. A Military Council of National Salvation was formed, with Jaruzelski as chairman. A BBC News profile of Jaruzelski contends that the establishment of martial law was "an attempt to suppress the Solidarity movement.
Military Council of National Salvation
The Military Council of National Salvation (Polish: Wojskowa Rada Ocalenia Narodowego, abbreviated WRON) was a military dictatorship administering the People's Republic of Poland during the period of the martial law in Poland (1981–1983).
The body was created on December 13, 1981, and was dissolved on July 22, 1983. It consisted of 21 members: 15 generals, one admiral and five colonels. Among the most notable members were generals Wojciech Jaruzelski, Florian Siwicki, Michał Janiszewski and Czesław Kiszczak. One member, Lt. Col. Mirosław Hermaszewski, was included without his consent and knowledge.
The rather unfortunate lettering of the Polish acronym (WRON; wrona means a crow in Polish) was immediately picked up by those that the regime sought to repress and widely used in a form of non-violent opposition: jokes. One saying was that "orła wrona nie pokona - the crow can't defeat the eagle" (the "White eagle" being the national symbol of Poland).
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Post by Nictoshek on Dec 13, 2011 14:37:56 GMT -7
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Post by Jaga on Dec 13, 2011 23:19:51 GMT -7
Thanks guys. I still remember this day. It was so strange, the only face we could see on TV were repeated over and over speeches of gen. Jaruzelski. Pieter, thanks for info. Nictoe, good photo,
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? December 13, 30 years ago?
