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Excerpt of Operational Directive No. 2 of the Maritime Front

31 May 1967
Description: This is a document on the Polish military exercise "Summer 67". Having repelled the enemy attack, the Western Front launches an offensive in the general direction of Leipzig - Châlons-sur-Marne, and the Maritime Front advances in the general directions of Neuruppin - Hannover - Ostend and Schwerin - Lübeck - Jutland Peninsula, together with landings in the Baltic Straits. Within seven to eight days of commencement of a nuclear war (or 10-11 days in case of a conventional war), the advancing forces seize the northern part of West Germany and the eastern part of the Netherlands. Within 10-13 days of commencement of a nuclear war (or 14-18 days in case of a conventional war), they seize all of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Denmark. In the event of a nuclear war, the Unified Command would support the Maritime Front by delivering 57 nuclear strikes of 3200 kilotons each against targets including Hannover, Münster, Arnhem, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels, Flensburg, Copenhagen, Odense, The Hague, and Ostend.

Collection: Polish Generals

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  • Russian (511 KB )
Document Type: Document
Language of Original Document: Russian
Number of Pages: 6
Cold War Period: 1960s
Document Source: Archives of the Organizations of the Ministry of National Defense, Modlin, Collection Main Directorate of Combat Training
Call Number: 18/91/227
Document Companion: Footnote 69

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