Who is wladyslaw gomulka

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Wladyslaw Gomulka was born in Krosno, Poland , in He joined the Communist Party and became a local trade union leader. Poland was invaded by the German Army in September During the Second World War Gomulka was active in the resistance against the Germans and took part in the fighting in Warsaw. In he became general secretary of the outlawed Communist Party. In June the Red Army launched a new offensive in Poland. The offensive was carried out on four fronts and the German forces were unable to stop the sweeping Soviet advance.

Roosevelt held a conference in Yalta in the Crimea. With Soviet troops in most of Eastern Europe, Stalin was in a strong negotiating position. Roosevelt and Churchill tried hard to restrict post-war influence in this area but the only concession they could obtain was a promise that free elections would be held in these countries.