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The Battle of Warsaw, 1920. The Communist Bolsheviks Routed
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The crushing defeat of the Red Army in Poland did more than just carve out Poland’s post-World War I borders and halt the crimson tide of communism in its tracks; it also unfurled a bloody canvas of tactics that appears to have captivated the minds of German military planners. Those same brutal, fast-moving maneuvers would be perfected and unleashed with devastating precision across Europe in the fires of World War II.
Warsaw, Poland. 16-25 August, 1920.
Polish Forces: 370,000 soldiers and conscripts.
Communist Russian Forces: 200,000 Soldiers and Cavalry.
Additional Reading and Research:
- Szymczak, Robert. "Bolshevik Wave Breaks at Warsaw," Military History 11, 1995.
- Fiddick, Thomas. Russia's Retreat from Poland.
- Dupuy, Ernest. Encyclopedia of Military History.
- Jedrzejewicz, Waclaw. Pilsudski: A Life for Poland.
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