Polish People’s Army

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armed forces army military organization

The Polish People’s Army was the communist-era military force of Poland, organized under Soviet influence and serving as the armed wing of the Polish People’s Republic during the Cold War.

Aliases (8)

Polish People's Army ×11
Ludowe Wojsko Polskie ×4
armed forces of the Polish People’s Republic ×2
Armia Ludowa ×1
People's Army of Poland ×1
Polish People’s Army (in the East phase) ×1
Polish People’s Republic armed forces ×1
military personnel of the Polish People’s Army ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed forces → army → military organization →
allegiance	Polish United Workers’ Party → Warsaw Pact →
blocAlignment	Eastern Bloc military →
commandLanguage	Polish language →
controlledBy	Polish United Workers’ Party → Soviet military advisors →
country	Poland → Polish People’s Republic →
doctrine	Soviet military doctrine →
engagedIn	Warsaw Pact military exercises → suppression of domestic unrest →
followedBy	Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland →
garrisonLocation	Warsaw →
hasCharacteristic	Soviet-style organization → conscription-based → politically indoctrinated →
ideology	communism →
influencedBy	Soviet Union →
militaryBranch	Border Protection Troops → Internal Military Service → Polish People’s Army Air Force → Polish People’s Army Land Forces → Polish People’s Army Navy →
nativeName	Ludowe Wojsko Polskie →
operatedDuring	People’s Republic of Poland era →
partOf	Warsaw Pact armed forces →
politicalSystemContext	Eastern Bloc → socialist state →
precededBy	Polish Armed Forces in the East → Polish Armed Forces in the West →
primaryOpponentInPlanning	North Atlantic Treaty Organization →
region	Central Europe →
role	Warsaw Pact expeditionary operations → internal security support → national defense →
shortName	LWP →
subordinateTo	Ministry of National Defence of the Polish People’s Republic →
symbol	red star with Polish eagle →
timePeriod	Cold War →
trainingDoctrine	Soviet-style officer education →
typeOf	conventional armed forces →
usedEquipmentFrom	Czechoslovakia → Polish defense industry → Soviet Union →
usedLanguage	Polish language →

Referenced by (36)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1st Polish Army ("Ludowe Wojsko Polskie") → 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division → Internal Military Service ("armed forces of the Polish People’s Republic") → LWP ("armed forces of the Polish People’s Republic") → Polish Armed Forces in the East →	partOf
Battle of Kolberg (1945) → Battle of Lenino → Warsaw–Praga offensive →	belligerent
Stanisław Popławski ("Polish People's Army") → Wojciech Jaruzelski ("Polish People's Army") → Władysław Korczyc →	militaryBranch
1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division → Border Protection Troops ("Polish People's Army") →	allegiance
Polish Armed Forces in the East ("Ludowe Wojsko Polskie") → Polish Armed Forces in the East ("Polish People’s Army (in the East phase)") →	alsoKnownAs
Sielce near Ryazan → Władysław Korczyc ("Polish People’s Republic armed forces") →	associatedWith
Polish United Workers' Party ("Polish People's Army") → Polish United Workers' Party ("Polish People's Army") →	controlled
Stanisław Popławski ("Polish People's Army") →	affiliation
Michał Rola-Żymierski ("Polish People's Army") →	employer
LWP ("Ludowe Wojsko Polskie") →	fullName
LWP →	fullNameInEnglish
Organization of the Polish underground resistance against Nazi Germany ("Armia Ludowa") →	hasPart
Polish Army →	historicalName
Prague Spring ("Polish People's Army") →	invadingForce
Internal Military Service ("military personnel of the Polish People’s Army") →	jurisdiction
Polish People’s Army ("Ludowe Wojsko Polskie") →	nativeName
1970 Polish protests ("Polish People's Army") →	opponent
Polish Workers' Party ("People's Army of Poland") →	organized
Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland ("Polish People's Army") →	precededBy
Battle of Lenino →	relatedTo
Polish October 1956 ("Polish People's Army") →	significantOrganization
Internal Military Service →	subordinateTo
Polish Armed Forces in the East →	successor
T-34 medium tank →	usedBy