Download or read book Soviet Policy and the Battle of Warsaw 1920 written by Thomas C. Fiddick and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Eighteenth Decisive Battle of the World written by Edgar Vincent D'Abernon (Viscount) and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Warsaw 1920 written by Steven J. Zaloga and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Warsaw in August 1920 has been described as one of the decisive battles of European history. At the start of the battle, the Red Army appeared to be on the verge of advancing through Poland into Germany to expand the Soviet revolution. Had the war spread into Germany, another great European war would have ensued, dragging in France and Britain. However, the Red Army was defeated by 'the miracle on the Vistula'. This campaign title explores the origins and outcomes of this momentous battle. In May 1920, the Polish Army intervened in war-torn Ukraine, pushing all the way to Kiev, but the Red Army, by now triumphant in most of the theatres of the Russian Civil War, turned its attention to this new threat. By the late summer of 1920, two Soviet armies had advanced into Poland and the overconfident Soviet leadership dreamed of advancing over a prostrate Polish Army into neighbouring Germany to ignite a Communist revolution in the heart of Europe. Thanks to the low density of forces on both sides and the huge distances involved, the conflict was a war of manoeuvre, with a curious mixture of traditional and advanced tactics. Horse cavalry played a dominant role in the fighting, but aeroplanes, tanks, and armoured trains lent the war an air of modernity. This illustrated study explores the war through the lens of the Battle of Warsaw, the turning point when, after a summer of disastrous retreat, the Polish army rallied and repulsed the Red Army at Warsaw and Lwow.

Download or read book White Eagle Red Star written by Norman Davies and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-04-30 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surprisingly little known, the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-20 was to change the course of twentieth-century history. In White Eagle, Red Star, Norman Davies gives a full account of the War, with its dramatic climax in August 1920 when the Red Army - sure of victory and pledged to carry the Revolution across Europe to 'water our horses on the Rhine' - was crushed by a devastating Polish attack. Since known as the 'miracle on the Vistula', it remains one of the most decisive battles of the Western world. Drawing on both Polish and Russian sources, Norman Davies illustrates the narrative with documentary material which hitherto has not been readily available and shows how the War was far more an 'episode' in East European affairs, but largely determined the course of European history for the next twenty years or more.

Download or read book The Battle for Warsaw 1920 written by Barbara Herchenreder and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Battle for Warsaw 1920 presents th decisive moment of the war against Soviet Russia -- the victorious defence of Warsaw in August 1920 and its consequences over the coming decades for Poland, Europe and for the whole world. The history of those days is told through the writings (diaries, memoirs, letters etc.) of participants and witnesses to the war, from state leaders and generals to rank and file soldiers and civilians. Numerous photographs, posters, pictures and printed matter of the epoch bring its history to life."--Page 4 of cover.

Download or read book White Eagle Red Star the Polish Soviet War 1919 20 written by Norman Davies and published by London : Macdonald and Company. This book was released on 1972 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "White Eagle, Red Star," distinguished historian Norman Davies gives us a full account of the Polish-Soviet War, with its dramatic climax in August 1920 when the Red Army- sure of victory and pledged to carry the Revolution across Europe - was crushed by a devastating Polish attack. Since known as " The Miracle of the Vistula, " it remains one of the most crucial conflicts of the Western world. Drawing on both Polish and Russian sources, Norman Davies shows how this war was a pivotal event in the course of European history.

Download or read book The Battle of Warsaw 1920 Impact on Operational Thought written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph compares the Polish and Russian actions in the Battles of Warsaw and their subsequent impact on the development of operational thought. Although the Battle of Warsaw was overshadowed by events of the events of the two World Wars, the Polish victory ensured the rebirth of Poland and prevented the spread of the Russian Revolution by force of arms. Its impact on the development of Soviet operational thought was clearly significant. Its dismissal develop a theory which went beyond purely tactical actions. The section following the introduction reviews the strategic and political setting prior to the battle. The third and fourth sections examine the Polish army under the command of Marshal Pilsudski and the Russian army under the command of General Tukhachevski. The fifth section highlights actions of the Battle of Warsaw. The last section draws comparisons between the actions of the two sides and assesses the implications for the evolution of thought on the operational level of war. This monograph concludes that insights from Battle of Warsaw played a significant role in shaping Soviet operational thought during the interwar years, Most notably in the writings of Svechin and Tukhachevski.

Download or read book Warsaw 1920 written by Adam Zamoyski and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the attempts and military efforts employed by Vladimir Lenin to spread communism into western Europe, with a focus on the 1920 Battle of Warsaw, in which Mikhail Tukhachevsky lead Russian forces against Jozef Pisudski and the Polish army.

Download or read book Year 1920 and its climax written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Year 1920 written by Jozef PiIsudski and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Year 1920 and Its Climax Battle of Warsaw During the Polish Soviet War 1919 1920 written by Józef Piłsudski and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Year 1920 written by Józef Pitsudski and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Year 1920 written by Józef Piłsudski and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Soviet Polish Relations 1917 1921 written by Piotr Stefan Wandycz and published by Cambridge : Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Wandycz has written the first monograph in the English language on the turbulent diplomatic and military relations between Poland and Soviet Russia during the critical years 1917-1921. Soviet Russia, rules in 1917 by the newly triumphant Bolsheviks, faced Poland, a nation that had just recovered independence after more than a century of oppression. The Bolsheviks feared their revolution would fail if confined to Russia alone; Poland lay directly in their path to the West and international conquest. The resulting controversy, ending with the Treaty of Riga in 1921, spans one of the most complicated and crucial periods in the long and tulmultuous history of Russian-Polish relations. Although this conflict of 1917-1921 was part of the immediate international struggle of revolution and counterrevolution, centuries of antagonism and war were characteristic of the earlier relations between the two countries. The current dispute went far deeper than a Communist-nonCommunist clash; the entire balance of power in Eastern Europe was at stake. Pilsudski's great plan was to push Russia back to its seventeenth-century borders, thus creating an important and powerful Poland. For the Bolsheviks, a successful march on Warsaw might initiate the destruction of the Versailles settlement and the European post-war system. Using recently published documents and Russian, Polish, English, and American archives, the author presents an objective and sophisticated picture of the complicated Soviet-Polish relations in this period. He is careful to examine these affairs in the light of the historical background of the two nations, for although many of these relations were newly esetablished, few were entirely divorced from the past. The first chapter dips back in time for a brief outline of the social and political events behind the deep antagonism of the two nations. Included is an examination of the basic disharmony between their civilizations, caused by the philosophical differences in their respective religions, Polish Catholicism and Greek Orthodoxy. Chapter Two introduces political figures and theories and the development in the half century preceding the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. The nine remaining chapters are devoted to the struggles between the two countries over the territorial, ideological, and socio-political problems that dominated their relations. The Peace Treaty of Riga, signed in March 1921, proved to be only a stalemate, the negative effects of which were more pronounced for Poland than Russia. As Mr. Wandycz concludes, " The former lost the chance of becoming a real power; the plans of the latter were merely delayed." -- from dust jacket.