Udział Wojsk Ochrony Pogranicza w operacji „Dunaj ‘68”

Abstract

Soldiers of the Border Protection Troops (Wojska Ochrony Pogranicza, WOP) participated in activities carried out by the Polish People’s Army (ludowe Wojsko Polskie, lWP) as part of Operation „Danube”, which suppressed the nationwide anti-communist uprising of Czechs and Slovaks. The 4th Sudety and 5th Upper Silesian WOP Brigades were directly involved in these activities. These units were attached to the 2nd Army of the lWP, which on 20 August 1968, alongside military units of the USSR, Bulgaria, and Hungary, entered Czechoslovakia. In addition to the linear units of the WOP, reconnaissance was conducted by the formation, which provided the authorities of the Polish People’s Republic with information regarding the Polish-Czechoslovak borderland.