Miracle on the Vistula

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Miracle on the Vistula is the popular name for the decisive 1920 Battle of Warsaw, in which Polish forces halted and repelled the advancing Soviet Red Army during the Polish–Soviet War.

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Label Occurrences
Miracle on the Vistula canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
decisive battle ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Warsaw (1920) ⓘ
associatedWith Second Polish Republic’s survival ⓘ
interwar balance of power in Eastern Europe ⓘ
belligerent Polish Armed Forces ⓘ
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR

Second Polish Republic ⓘ
Soviet Red Army ⓘ
linked to: Red Army
commander Józef Haller ⓘ
Józef Piłsudski ⓘ
Tadeusz Rozwadowski ⓘ
Władysław Sikorski ⓘ
commemoratedOn August 15 ⓘ
Polish Armed Forces Day ⓘ
conflict Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
date August 1920 ⓘ
describedAs miraculous victory by contemporary Polish public opinion ⓘ
effect halted Soviet westward advance ⓘ
secured Polish independence ⓘ
stopped spread of Bolshevik revolution into Central Europe ⓘ
endDate 1920-08-25 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of the Niemen River (1920) ⓘ
front Eastern Front of Europe after World War I ⓘ
hasCasualties heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
hasPopularNameOf Battle of Warsaw (1920) ⓘ
hasTheater area around Warsaw and the Vistula River ⓘ
hasTypeOfWarfare conventional land warfare ⓘ
influenced Riga Peace Treaty of 1921 ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Riga
involves counteroffensive from the Wieprz River ⓘ
encirclement maneuver by Polish forces ⓘ
involvesForceType armored trains ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Vistula River ⓘ
namedBy Polish public and press ⓘ
opposingCommander Alexander Yegorov ⓘ
Mikhail Tukhachevsky ⓘ
outcome decisive Polish victory ⓘ
partOf Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
place Warsaw ⓘ
precededBy Soviet advance into central Poland ⓘ
result Polish victory ⓘ
startDate 1920-08-12 ⓘ
strategicImportance one of the most important battles in Polish history ⓘ
turning point in Polish–Soviet War ⓘ

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

Battle of Warsaw (1920) → alsoKnownAs → Miracle on the Vistula ⓘ
Battle of Ossów → relatedEvent → Miracle on the Vistula ⓘ