Military Council of National Salvation

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Polish United Workers' Party's newspaper Trybuna Ludu reports creation of the Military Council of National Salvation and the introduction of the martial law in Poland

The Military Council of National Salvation (Polish: Wojskowa Rada Ocalenia Narodowego) was a military dictatorship government administering the People's Republic of Poland during the period of the martial law in Poland (1981-1983).

The body was created on December 13, 1981 and was dissolved on July 22, 1983. It consisted of 15 generals, one admiral and five colonels. Among the most notable members were Wojciech Jaruzelski, Mirosław Hermaszewski and Czesław Kiszczak.

The rather unfortunate lettering of the Polish acronym (WRON; wrona means crow in Polish) was immediately picked up by those that the regime sought to repress and widely used in a form of non-violent opposition: jokes. One saying was that "orła wrona nie pokona - the crow can't defeat the eagle" (white eagle being the national symbol of Poland).

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