Warsaw 1920: Lenin’s Failed Conquest of Europe
Title | Warsaw 1920: Lenin’s Failed Conquest of Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Adam Zamoyski |
Publisher | HarperCollins UK |
Pages | 177 |
Release | 2008-09-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0007284004 |
The dramatic and little-known story of how, in the summer of 1920, Lenin came within a hair's breadth of shattering the painstakingly constructed Versailles peace settlement and spreading Bolshevism to western Europe.
Warsaw 1920
Title | Warsaw 1920 PDF eBook |
Author | Steven J. Zaloga |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 97 |
Release | 2020-05-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1472837282 |
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.
The Eighteenth Decisive Battle of the World
Title | The Eighteenth Decisive Battle of the World PDF eBook |
Author | Edgar Vincent D'Abernon (Viscount) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
White Eagle, Red Star
Title | White Eagle, Red Star PDF eBook |
Author | Norman Davies |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2011-04-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1446466868 |
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.
The Battle for Warsaw 1920
Title | The Battle for Warsaw 1920 PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Herchenreder |
Publisher | |
Pages | 263 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | Warsaw, Battle of, Poland, 1920 |
ISBN | 9788366707016 |
"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.
Soviet Policy and the Battle of Warsaw, 1920
Title | Soviet Policy and the Battle of Warsaw, 1920 PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas C. Fiddick |
Publisher | |
Pages | 688 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Warsaw, Battle of, Poland, 1920 |
ISBN |
The Eighteenth Decisive Battle of the World
Title | The Eighteenth Decisive Battle of the World PDF eBook |
Author | Edgar Vincent D'Abernon |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2022 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9788366937154 |