Polish communist leader 1946

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Soon he was also named the minister of defense. In he was heavily involved in the "cleansing" of the Polish army due to Moczar's antisemite campaign. In the same year, he led the invasion on Czechoslovakia. In was involved in the plot against Wladyslaw Gomulka, probably took part in organisation of the massacre in the coastal cities of Gdansk, Gdynia, Elblag and Szczecin.

Jaruzelski became the party's national secretary and prime minister in , when Lech Walesa's movement Solidarity was starting to earn national and external popularity. The Soviet Union became more and more concerned and threatened with invasion - a very credible threat, as they had invaded Afghanistan two years before.

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To avert this, Jaruzelski imposed martial law. The leaders of Solidarnosc were confined to a luxury resort, where, a. The policies of Mikhail Gorbachev also stipulated political reform in Poland. By the close of the 10th plenary session in December , the Communist Party had decided to broach leaders of Solidarity for talks. These talks, which became known as the "roundtable talks," with 13 working groups in 94 sessions from February 6 to April 15, radically altered the shape of the Polish government and society.