LWP

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armed forces national army

LWP is the abbreviation for the Polish People’s Army, the communist-era armed forces of Poland that existed from the end of World War II until 1989.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces ⓘ
national army ⓘ
alignedWith Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
alliance Warsaw Pact ⓘ
controlledBy Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ
surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party
country Poland ⓘ
demobilizationBegan late 1980s ⓘ
doctrine Soviet deep operations doctrine ⓘ
surface form: Soviet military doctrine
endTime 1989 ⓘ
existedDuring Cold War ⓘ
fullName Polish People’s Army ⓘ
surface form: Ludowe Wojsko Polskie
fullNameInEnglish Polish People’s Army ⓘ
garrisonState Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
hadBranch air force ⓘ
internal security forces ⓘ
land forces ⓘ
navy ⓘ
hadConscription yes ⓘ
hadRankStructureBasedOn Soviet military ranks ⓘ
historicalPeriod People’s Poland era ⓘ
post‑World War II Poland ⓘ
ideology communism ⓘ
mainTheatreOfOperations territory of Poland ⓘ
militaryOathReferenced Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
notableEvent role during the imposition of martial law in Poland in 1981 ⓘ
operatedInPoliticalSystem Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
participatedIn Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
final operations of World War II in Europe ⓘ
suppression of domestic opposition in Poland ⓘ
partOf Polish People’s Army ⓘ
surface form: armed forces of the Polish People’s Republic
politicalControl Main Political Directorate of the Soviet Army and Navy ⓘ
surface form: Main Political Directorate
predecessor Armia Ludowa ⓘ
Polish Armed Forces in the East ⓘ
primaryMission defence of the Warsaw Pact’s western front ⓘ
reformedInto non-communist Polish Armed Forces after 1989 ⓘ
secondaryMission internal security and regime protection ⓘ
startTime 1944 ⓘ
subordinateTo Ministry of National Defence of Poland ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of National Defence of the Polish People’s Republic
successor Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland ⓘ
surface form: Siły Zbrojne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
trainingInfluencedBy Soviet military academies ⓘ
typeOf communist-era Polish military ⓘ
usedEquipmentFrom Soviet Union ⓘ
usedLanguage Polish language ⓘ
surface form: Polish
usedSymbol LWP roundel on aircraft ⓘ
red star with Polish eagle ⓘ

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