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Events on Sunday 13 December 1981 2
1981 – 1983Martial Law in PolandJaruzelski’s CrackdownA brutal period where the communist government attempted to crush the Solidarity movement.
1981Martial law declared in PolandGovernment crackdown suspends Solidarity activitiesGeneral Wojciech Jaruzelski declared martial law across Poland on 13 December 1981, suspending civil liberties and interning thousands of opposition activists. The move was aimed at crushing the independent trade union movement and averting Soviet intervention. Martial law remained in force until 1983.