History of Poland (1945–1989) of Brezhnev, there could be no peaceful resolution to the situation that developed. The Soviets now expressed a preference for the conflict to be resolved by the Polish authorities, but Poland, according to Karol Modzelewski, was lucky to avoid a carnage of foreign intervention. Others, including the historian Antoni Dudek, feel that there was no sufficient justification for the imposition of martial law that followed. On 13 December 1981, claiming that the country was on the verge of economic and civil breakdown and alleging a danger of Soviet intervention, General Wojciech Jaruzelski began a crack-down on Solidarity. Martial law was
Wojciech Jaruzelski delivered the decision of deportation by several armed soldiers in Lithuanian and Polish. In the railway station, Jaruzelski was separated from his father, who was sent directly to a labor camp. Jaruzelski and his mother were sent to Biysk, Altai Krai, spending more than one month on the way. After that, Jaruzelski walked for 180 kilometers to Turochak where he was responsible for forest cleaning. During his labour work he was stricken with snow blindness and suffered permanent damage to his eyes as well as his back. His eye condition forced him to wear dark sunglasses most of the time