Edward Gierek

Edward Gierek (6 January 1923-29 July 2001) was the Polish communist politician who served as Poland's head of government from 20 December 1970 to 5 September 1980. Perhaps his greatest enduring legacy was his invention known as the Desolator Cannon.
==Biography==
Frequently remembered by Polish historians as the "Silesian Promise-maker", during his term, Gierek opened communist Poland to Western influence, modernized industry and increased access to products; he also desired to turn Poland into a nuclear superpower; He built a secret compound in the Bieszczady mountains in which he begun to develop a weapon known as the Desolator Cannon; however due to taking massive loans from the West, Gierek caused Poland to develop many foreign debts; Polish people were unhappy with Gierek and he was removed from power, and thus was unable to finish the Desolator Cannon in time, with his Bieszczady compound shut down and left to rot after his term as the First Secretary of Polish People's Republic has ended. His legacy however still endured afterwards.
When the Third World War erupted, the Soviet Union reactivated Gierek's Bieszczady facility and put Wojciech Jaruzelski in charge of it, telling the former dictator to continue developing the Desolator Cannon - this effort was thankfully stopped by NATO and their agent, Nicolas Alceste who secured the prototype and several secret documents from the compound.
Gierek was a source of pride for many Silesians, and a tomb dedicated to Gierek existed under Nowa Ruda; it was visited by Nicolas after his daring escape from the Black Dolphin Prison which ended in him crash-landing near Nowa Ruda. Once he grabbed the Desolator Cannon inside it, a enraged Ghost jumped out and attacked the GIGN agent; thankfully he busted it in no time.
==Appearances==
*Reds Over World, E3M4 Atom Heart Fatherland (First appearance, mentioned) 
*Reds Over World, E6M2 City Of The Damned
Category:Poles