Polish People's Army

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:LWP
gptkbp:activePeriod 1944–1989
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:Polish_People's_Republic
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Air_Force
gptkb:Navy
gptkb:Land_Forces
gptkb:Internal_Troops
gptkbp:commanderInChief gptkb:Wojciech_Jaruzelski
gptkb:Bolesław_Bierut
gptkbp:controlledBy gptkb:Polish_United_Workers'_Party
gptkbp:country gptkb:Poland
gptkbp:disbanded 1989
gptkbp:equipmentSource gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Warsaw
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Polish People's Army
gptkbp:language Polish
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Ludowe_Wojsko_Polskie
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Marian_Spychalski
gptkb:Wojciech_Jaruzelski
gptkb:Karol_Świerczewski
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Martial_law_in_Poland
gptkb:Polish_October
gptkb:Warsaw_Pact_invasion_of_Czechoslovakia
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:10th_Sudecka_Armoured_Division
gptkb:11th_Artillery_Division
gptkb:12th_Mechanized_Division
gptkb:15th_Air_Defence_Division
gptkb:16th_Tank_Division
gptkb:1st_Armoured_Corps
gptkb:1st_Naval_Flotilla
gptkb:1st_Tadeusz_Kościuszko_Infantry_Division
gptkb:20th_Tank_Division
gptkb:2nd_Naval_Flotilla
gptkb:2nd_Warsaw_Infantry_Division
gptkb:3rd_Air_Force_Division
gptkb:3rd_Naval_Flotilla
gptkb:4th_Mechanized_Division
gptkb:6th_Pomeranian_Airborne_Division
gptkb:7th_Łużycka_Naval_Assault_Division
gptkb:8th_Drezdenko_Mechanized_Division
gptkb:Border_Protection_Troops
gptkb:Internal_Security_Corps
gptkb:Military_Counterintelligence_Service
gptkb:Military_Intelligence_Service
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Polish_Armed_Forces_in_the_East
gptkbp:role defense of the Polish People's Republic
support of Soviet military operations
gptkbp:size up to 400,000 personnel (peak)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Polish_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:uniform Soviet-style
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Zygmunt_Bauman
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4