World War II veterans in this country known as "cursed soldiers" continued to oppose its postwargovernment as late as 1963.
World War II veterans in this country known as "cursed soldiers" continued to oppose its postwargovernment as late as 1963. In this country, increased food prices in June 1976 caused a series of strikesthat led to the creation of the KOR. Nine coal miners were killed here when the ZOMO riot policeopened fire on protesters outside Wujek (VOO-yeck). A major August 1980 strike in this country wassparked by the firing of an activist from the Lenin shipyard. That strike led to this country's leaderEdward Gierek (GYEH-reck) accepting the 21 demands of MKS. The 1989 Round Table Talks here led tofree elections and the end of Wojciech Jaruzelski's (VOY-chekh yah-roo-ZEL-ski's) rule. For 10 points, namethis native country of Pope John Paul II where the trade union Solidarity was led by Lech Wałęsa (vahWEN-sah).
World War II veterans in this country known as "cursed soldiers" continued to oppose its postwargovernment as late as 1963.
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