After the Second World War, Poland came under the control of the Soviet Union. In 1944, the Soviet army liberated Poland from the control of Nazi Germany. As a result, by 1948, communism had taken control of the Polish government, economy and its social institutions. Joseph Stalin (the Soviet leader) had become very suspicious of Polish citizens. He felt that it had become too difficult to replace their system with his own. He was right: Polish civilians did not want to be subject to the Soviet Union's system, so they fought back and started a revolution. Many types of groups came together to fight the Soviets; in 1968, intellectuals banded together and revolted, then later civilians armed themselves and began to resist the stifling grip of the Soviet Union. Massive strikes as well as uprisings formed. They fought for justice in their country, their ultimate goal being solidarity. Thus, the solidarity movement was formed. The specific aim of this movement was to bring together individuals of all different political views, religious views and nationalities under one nationalist banner. Polish civilians used various resistance tactics to destroy the stronghold of communist Russia. Kuron, Fydrych and the woman who wrote the WiP article, “The Hardest Thing to Overcome Was Our Own Folly” were able to reveal and influence how Polish citizens were willing to do whatever they could to resist the Soviet Union. system to take control of Poland. In June 1987, the Orange Alternative, a guerrilla collective formed in 1987 in the western city of Wroclaw, formed the "Elf Revolution", which was an example of the human factor that caused......mid paper......(Kuron). Kuron's motive was to encourage Polish civilians to become more engaged in politics and communication with the Soviet Union. That if Polish civilians continue to demonstrate and protest for themselves, they will achieve nothing. As stated earlier, they had to be ready to communicate and cooperate with the Soviet Union, to fight and struggle from within. Poland was not a passive country and was not going to let the Soviet Union take away its justice. These authors were able to reveal that Polish civilians were capable of fighting and resisting from the inside out and from the outside. But the most significant thing the authors were able to shed light on was how Poland was able to come together as one country. no matter how different they were from each other individually, and start an impactful revolution.