@misc{Pałka_Jarosław_(1973–_)_The_2017, author={Pałka, Jarosław (1973– )}, editor={Mękarski, Artur (1972– ). Tr.}, editor={Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences}, editor={Polish Historical Society}, copyright={Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license}, address={Warsaw}, howpublished={online}, year={2017}, language={eng}, abstract={This article gives an account of the military exercises code-named ‘Tempest’ and carried out in the autumn of 1961 by the army of the Polish People’s Republic under the supervision of Soviet officers. In the course of the war game the Polish staff members were placed in charge of the Baltic Front which, was given the task of seizing control of Denmark and the northern parts of Holland and Germany. These were the first large scale military exercises (a separate Polish front) to be organized after 1956.}, type={Text}, title={The Third World War as envisaged by Polish generals at the turn of the 1950s and the 1960s}, URL={http://www.rcin.org.pl/Content/64054/PDF/WA303_83567_KH-124-EE-1_Palka.pdf}, volume={124}, number={Eng.-Lang. Ed. 1}, journal={Kwartalnik Historyczny}, publisher={Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk}, keywords={Warsaw Pact, Poland. Wojsko Polskie, Polish people’s army, Cold War, Third World War, World War III, war games, war game, NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization}, }