Lech Walesa13 December 1981
The Government attempts to destroy the union with the martial law of 1981 and several years of repression, but in the end it had to start negotiating with the union. Jaruzelski declares martial law
Poland · Politics / Solidarity. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The Government attempts to destroy the union with the martial law of 1981 and several years of repression, but in the end it had to start negotiating with the union. Jaruzelski declares martial law
Martial Law is suspended
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