Event Polish-Soviet War

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Was a war between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in the aftermath of World War I and during the Russian Civil War.

Chronology

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  • January 1920: By early January 1920, Polish forces had reached the line of Uszyca-Płoskirów-Starokonstantynów-Szepietówka-Zwiahel-Olewsk-Uborć-Bobrujsk-Berezyna-Dyneburg.
  • August 1919: Borysów conquered by Second Polish Republic.
  • August 1919: Dubno and Krzemieniec in the Wołyń region were captured by Polish forces.
  • April 1919: French General A. Mokrzecki captured Nowogródek and Baranowicze.
  • September 1920: The Galician Soviet Socialist Republic is absorbed by Poland.
  • August 1920: Brest-Litovsk conquered by RSFSR.
  • October 1919: Borysów conquered by Second Polish Republic.
  • August 1919: The town and fortress of Równe was captured by Polish forces.
  • January 1920: The new Latvian government requested Polish help in capturing Dyneburg, and it was, after heavy fighting by the Polish 1st and 3rd Legion Divisions under Rydz-Śmigły. The city was then handed to the Latvians.
  • July 1920: The Polish 1st Army had to retreat behind Neman River.
  • August 1920: Polish forces managed to recapture Brody.
  • July 1919: In mid-July, the Soviet counteroffensive near Naliboki was stopped.
  • August 1919: After heavy fighting, the Polish army captured fortress Bobrujsk near Berezyna.
  • July 1919: Polish armies attacked Mołodeczno and captured it on 4 July.
  • July 1920: The Galician Soviet Socialist Republic was a Bolshevik's self-declared and short-lived political entity that existed from 15 July to formally 21 September 1920. The communist state was established during a successful counter-offensive of the Red Army in the summer of 1920 as part of the Polish-Soviet War.
  • August 1920: The fortress of Brześć Red Army in the first attack.
  • April 1919: The major city of Vilnius was taken by Polish cavalry units.
  • June 1919: Polish General Mokrzecki engaged Russians east of Baranowicze.
  • July 1920: On 19 July Grodno fell to the Red Army.
  • October 1919: Polish forces reached Daugava River and secured the region from Dzisna to Dyneburg.
  • July 1920: Supported by Lithuanian forces, the Poles captured Wilno on 14 July.
  • April 1919: Polish forces under General J. Lasocki recaptured Lida.
  • April 1920: By March, Polish forces had driven a wedge between Soviet forces in the north (Bielorussia) and south (Ukraine), capturing the towns of Mozyrz and Kalenkowicze.
  • August 1920: Łomża and Ostrołęka conquered by RSFSR.
  • August 1919: On 18 August Zasław was occupied by Polish forces.
  • June 1919: By May units of Rydz-Śmigły had advanced to the north and east and reached the line of Łyngmiany-Ignalino-Hoduciszki-Narocz lake.
  • July 1919: Polish armies attacked Mołodeczno and captured it on 4 July.
  • July 1919: Łuniec in the Polesie region was captured by Polish forces.
  • August 1919: Polish forces continued their push and captured Minsk.
  • June 1920: Soviet forces under Yakir captured the Bila Tserkva.
  • July 1920: The RSFSR captured Brodno.
  • September 1920: Sovietic Offensive in Poland of August 1920.
  • October 1920: Polish counteroffensive of October 1920.

1. Russian Offensive (Polish-Soviet War)

Was an offensive by the Russian SFSR against Poland during the Polish-Soviet War.

  • March 1919: Polish forces under General A. Listowski took Pinsk.
  • February 1919: The first serious armed conflict of the Polish-Soviet War took place around 14 - 16 February, near the towns of Manevychi and Biaroza in Belarus.
  • March 1919: In early March 1919, Polish units opened an offensive and forces under General Stanisław Szeptycki captured the cities of Słonim.

2. Polish-Lithuanian War

Was a war between newly-independent Lithuania and Poland following World War I.

3. Battle of Warsaw

Were a series of battles during the Polish-Soviet war that resulted in the defeat of the invading Russian SFSR.

  • September 1920: The Second Polish Republic Captured Lida and Pińsk.
  • March 1921: A ceasefire was signed between Poland and Soviet Russia on 12 October and went into effect on 18 October. Borders were settled in the Peace of Riga, signed in Riga on 18 March 1921.
  • October 1920: After the mid-October Battle of the Szczara River, the Polish Army had reached the Tarnopol-Dubno-Minsk-Drisa line.
  • March 1921: A ceasefire was signed between Poland and Soviet Russia on 12 October and went into effect on 18 October. Borders were settled in the Peace of Riga, signed in Riga on 18 March 1921.
  • March 1921: A ceasefire was signed between Poland and Soviet Russia on 12 October and went into effect on 18 October. Borders were settled in the Peace of Riga, signed in Riga on 18 March 1921.
  • August 1920: Russian Budionny's cavalry moved through weakly defended areas, reached city of Zamość and attempted to take it.
  • September 1920: Battle of the Niemen River.
  • September 1920: The Second Polish Republic Captured Lida and Pińsk.
  • August 1920: By the end of August, the 4th and 15th Red Armies had been defeated in the field, and their remnants crossed the border into East Prussia.
  • September 1920: The Second Polish Republic Captured Lida and Pińsk.
  • March 1921: A ceasefire was signed between Poland and Soviet Russia on 12 October and went into effect on 18 October. Borders were settled in the Peace of Riga, signed in Riga on 18 March 1921.
  • September 1920: What was left of Buidonny's 1st Cavalry Army retreated towards Włodzimierz Wołyński.
  • March 1921: A ceasefire was signed between Poland and Soviet Russia on 12 October and went into effect on 18 October. Borders were settled in the Peace of Riga, signed in Riga on 18 March 1921.
  • August 1920: Soviet assault at Radzymin.
  • March 1921: A ceasefire was signed between Poland and Soviet Russia on 12 October and went into effect on 18 October. Borders were settled in the Peace of Riga, signed in Riga on 18 March 1921.
  • August 1920: Polish forces recaptured Radzymin.
  • October 1920: After the mid-October Battle of the Szczara River, the Polish Army had reached the Tarnopol-Dubno-Minsk-Drissa line.
  • September 1920: Battle of the Niemen River.
  • September 1920: On 18 September Polish forces recaptured Równe.
  • September 1920: Petliura's Ukrainian forces defeated the Bolshevik 14th Army and on 18 September took control of the left bank of the Zbruch river.
  • October 1920: The soviet Tukhachevski managed to reorganize the eastward-retreating forces and in September established a new defensive line running from the Polish-Lithuanian border to the north to the area of Polesie, with the central point in the city of Grodno in Belarus.