Poland Factors Flashcards
Russo polish war
Jan 1920
300000 troops invade
Casualties
Polish 212000
Soviet 145000
Ceasefire
October 16th1920
Loose concessions
Drives foreign policy
Karyn forest
Kills 22000 army may 1940
Invade Poland
15th July 1944
Reach Warsaw
July 24th 1944
Radio uprising planned
August 1st 1944
Warsaw uprising defeated
October 2nd
200000 killed
150000 to concentration camp
Salami techniques and rigged elections
Win 394 seats vs polish party 28
Gov in exile arrested
16 members upon returning home
Polish cross crisis
Riot over labour June 1956
56 killed
Invade 3000 troops and 400 tanks
Appease - gomulka to be elected
18th-20th October
October 20th gomulka made leader
Message kruschev will back down
Solidarity
August 1980
How many join
9 million 88%
12 million on 4 day warning strike after beating
1981
Dec 1981 threaten general strike
Dec 1982 Marshall law