The government reacted to all this by cutting all telephone, rail, road and air communications between Gdansk and the rest of the country. ... It reflected nationalism because it reflected the desires of the majority of Poles, and later it called for Poland to be its own state, like a nation-state. ... At the same time, all telephone lines, and road and rail communications were cut throughout the country. ...

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Chapter One The narrator assures us that the book we are about to read is true, more or less. The parts dealing with World War II are most closely associated with actual events. Twenty-three years have passed since the end of the war, and for much of that time the narrator has been trying to write ...

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• Grade Level: High School