Battle of Warsaw (1920)

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The Battle of Warsaw (1920) was a decisive Polish victory in the Polish–Soviet War, often called the "Miracle on the Vistula," which halted the westward advance of the Red Army and secured Poland’s independence.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Warsaw (1920) canonical 15
Battle of Radzymin (1920) 4
Battle of Warsaw 1920 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Miracle on the Vistula ⓘ
belligerent Poland ⓘ
Red Army Western Front ⓘ
Soviet Russia ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR
chronologyWithinConflict late phase of the Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
commander Gayk Bzhishkyan ⓘ
Józef Haller ⓘ
Józef Piłsudski ⓘ
Mikhail Tukhachevsky ⓘ
Tadeusz Rozwadowski ⓘ
Władysław Sikorski ⓘ
conflict Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
country Second Polish Republic ⓘ
describedBySource Norman Davies ⓘ
Piotr Wandycz ⓘ
Polish military historiography ⓘ
endDate 1920-08-25 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of the Niemen River (1920) ⓘ
retreat of Soviet Western Front ⓘ
hasCause Polish–Soviet territorial dispute ⓘ
linked to: Polish–Soviet War

Soviet westward offensive of 1920 ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Ossów ⓘ
Battle of Radzymin (1920) ⓘ
Polish counteroffensive from the Wieprz River ⓘ
involves Polish Army ⓘ
Soviet Western Front ⓘ
cavalry operations ⓘ
location Masovian Voivodeship ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Vistula River ⓘ
Warsaw ⓘ
militaryStrategy Polish counterattack from the south ⓘ
use of radio intelligence and decryption by Polish forces ⓘ
namedAfter Warsaw ⓘ
opponent Red Army ⓘ
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR

Second Polish Republic ⓘ
partOf Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
precededBy Soviet capture of Brest-Litovsk (1920) ⓘ
result decisive Polish victory ⓘ
halt of Red Army advance toward Central Europe ⓘ
preservation of Polish independence ⓘ
strategic defeat of Soviet forces ⓘ
significance major Polish national symbol ⓘ
stopped spread of Bolshevik revolution into Europe ⓘ
turning point of the Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
startDate 1920-08-12 ⓘ
timePeriod Interwar period ⓘ

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Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of the Niemen River → precededBy → Battle of Warsaw (1920) ⓘ
Battle of the Niemen River → relatedTo → Battle of Warsaw (1920) ⓘ
Battle of Zadwórze → relatedEvent → Battle of Warsaw (1920) ⓘ
Battle of Komarów → precededBy → Battle of Warsaw (1920) ⓘ
Mikhail Tukhachevsky → conflict → Battle of Warsaw (1920) ⓘ
Polish–Soviet relations → hasKeyEvent → Battle of Warsaw (1920) ⓘ
Battle of Warsaw (1920) → hasPart → Battle of Radzymin (1920) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Warsaw (1920)
Eastern Front of the Polish–Soviet War → hasMajorBattle → Battle of Radzymin (1920) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Warsaw (1920)
Council of National Defense of Poland → relatedEvent → Battle of Warsaw (1920) ⓘ
Alicja Bachleda-Curuś → notableWork → The Battle of Warsaw 1920 ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Warsaw (1920)
Miracle on the Vistula → hasPopularNameOf → Battle of Warsaw (1920) ⓘ
Miracle on the Vistula → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Warsaw (1920) ⓘ
Norman Davies → hasWrittenAbout → Battle of Warsaw (1920) ⓘ
Battle of Ossów → partOf → Battle of Warsaw (1920) ⓘ
Battle of Ossów → relatedEvent → Battle of Radzymin (1920) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Warsaw (1920)
siege of Zamość → followed → Battle of Warsaw (1920) ⓘ
Kiev offensive (1920) → followedBy → Battle of Warsaw (1920) ⓘ
Polish Armed Forces Day → commemorates → Battle of Warsaw 1920 ⓘ
subject linked to: Polish national holidays
linked to: Battle of Warsaw (1920)
Radzymin → knownFor → Battle of Radzymin (1920) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Warsaw (1920)
Radzymin → partOfConflict → Battle of Warsaw (1920) ⓘ