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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. After the ...
"Polish–Soviet War" is the most common but other names include "Russo–Polish War" (or "Polish–Russian War") and "Polish–Bolshevik War". [4] This last term (or just "Bolshevik War" (Polish: Wojna bolszewicka)) is most common in Polish sources. In some Polish sources it is also referred to as the "War of 1920" (Polish: Wojna 1920 roku). [N 2]
The Battle of Krwawy Bor took place on 27–28 September 1920, during the Polish–Soviet War. The 1st Lithuanian–Belarusian Division, which was part of the Polish Army, clashed with the Soviet Third Army. The battle took place in a forest near the town of Lida (current Belarus). It also is known as the Battle of Lebioda (after the local ...
List of battles of the Polish-Soviet War by chronology: Battles for Vilnius (1918–1919) (31 December 1918 – 5 January 1919) Soviet "Target Vistula" offensive (January–February 1919) Battle of Bereza Kartuska (9 February 1919: the first battle of the conflict) Battle of Pinsk (23 February – 5 March 1919) Battle of Byteń (February ...
Battle of Warsaw 1920 (pol. Bitwa warszawska 1920) is a Polish historical film directed by Jerzy Hoffman depicting the events of the Battle of Warsaw (1920) of the Polish–Soviet War. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was released in September 2011.
The 1920 Kiev offensive (or Kiev expedition, Polish: wyprawa kijowska) was a major part of the Polish–Soviet War.It was an attempt by the armed forces of the recently established Second Polish Republic led by Józef Piłsudski, in alliance with the Ukrainian People's Republic led by Symon Petliura, to seize the territories of modern-day Ukraine which mostly fell under Soviet control after ...
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. [1] [2]
Polish Northern Front (1920) Polish prisoners and internees in Soviet Russia and Lithuania (1919–1921) Polish Soviet Socialist Republic; Polish–Lithuanian War; Polish–Soviet War in 1919; Polish–Soviet War in 1920; Provisional Administration of the Front-line and Phase Territories; Provisional Polish Revolutionary Committee