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The Third World War as Envisaged by Polish Generals at the Turn of the 1950s and the 1960s
The Third World War as Envisaged by Polish Generals at the Turn of the 1950s and the 1960s

Author(s): Jarosław Pałka
Subject(s): History, Diplomatic history, Military history, Oral history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Warsaw Pact; the Polish people’s army; cold war; Third World War; war game; NATO

Summary/Abstract: This article gives an account of the military exercises code-named ‘Tempest’ and carried out in the autumn of 1961 by the army of the Polish People’s Republic under the supervision of Soviet officers. In the course of the war game the Polish staff members were placed in charge of the Baltic Front which, was given the task of seizing control of Denmark and the northern parts of Holland and Germany. These were the first large scale military exercises (a separate Polish front) to be organized after 1956.

  • Issue Year: 124/2017
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 111-133
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: English