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In April to June 1919, the Polish Blue Army of General Józef Haller arrived from France. It consisted of over 67,000 well-equipped and highly trained soldiers. [62] The Blue Army helped drive the Ukrainian forces east past the Zbruch River and decisively contributed to the outcome of the war. The West Ukrainian People's Republic was defeated ...
The Battle of Warsaw (Polish: Bitwa Warszawska; Russian: Варшавская битва, Varshavskaya bitva), also known as the Miracle on the Vistula (Polish: Cud nad Wisłą), was a series of battles that resulted in a decisive Polish victory and complete disintegration of the Red Army in August 1920 during the Polish–Soviet War.
Jones Memorial Library: October 30, 1980 : 434 Rivermont Ave. 24: Kemper Street Industrial Historic District: Kemper Street Industrial Historic District: November 14, 2008 : 1300-1500 (odd) Kemper St., 1200-1300 (even) Campbell Ave.
A 17-foot (5.2 m) high granite obelisk honoring Confederate General Jubal A. Early and erected in 1919, is located on a triangle of land formed by the intersection of Fort Avenue and Memorial Avenue. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]
In the aftermath of World War I, the map of Central and Eastern Europe had drastically changed. [2] The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (March 3, 1918), by which Russia had lost to Imperial Germany all the European lands that Russia had seized in the previous two centuries, was rejected by the Bolshevik government in November 1918, following armistice, the surrender of Germany and her allies, and the ...
Battle of Nowogródek (18 April 1919) Battle of Staryki and Czernica (20 April 1919) Battle of Święciany (1919) (13–14 May 1919) Battle of Berezina (1919) Battle of Rafałówka (June 1919) Battle of Pastavy (1919) (19 June – 21 June, 1919) Battle of Treszczyna (July 1919) Operation Minsk: Polish offensive to Minsk (July–August 1919)
During the Polish–Soviet War fought from February 1919 to October 1920 (ended by armistice in March 1921) between Soviet Russia and the Second Polish Republic – in the aftermath of World War I in Europe – the Polish order of battle included broad disposition of personnel, strength, organization, and command structure.
In 1919, Russian Jews were caught in the middle of a civil war, and became the victims of warring Red and White Russian, Ukrainian and Polish forces, among others, resulting in the loss of an estimated 100,000 Jewish lives. [16] White Russian troops led by Denikin staged pogroms against Jews in practically every town he captured. [17]