#polish-soviet war

[polish-spirit]

Polscy żołnierze na stanowisku bojowym podczas wojny polsko-bolszewickiej (1919-1921).

[redarmyscreaming]

Polish armored train "Danuta", which was active during the Polish-Soviet War.

[likbez]

some propaganda posters from the 1919-1921 polish-soviet war

"if you don't want to fight anymore, go to war against landlord-ruled poland"

"one is deserving of freedom only if one goes to defend it with a rifle"

"we will wear down miles of once rusted rails with millions of wheels, so that the soviet locomotive rushes into red warsaw like a whirlwind"

[stillunusual]

After Poland defeated the Red Army in 1920, Józef Piłsudski told Russian general Mikhail Tukhachevsky to “get off your arse and fuck off back to your shitty country”....

If only today’s politicians had the nerve to talk to Russians using the kind of language they understand.

[tomorrowusa]

August 15th is the anniversary of the 1920 Battle of Warsaw, the decisive event in the Polish-Soviet War (AKA: the Polish-Bolshevik War) which Poland won. 🇵🇱🏆

This war is one of about half a dozen which took place in Europe and nearby in the eight years after the official 1918 armistice which supposedly ended World War I. In the US, these wars are seldom taught in schools.

The Polish-Soviet War was the most strategically important one of those. It not only halted Lenin's plans to extinguish Polish independence but also thwarted plans to spread Communism throughout a Europe weakened by WWI.

Poland's situation in 1920 was probably weaker than that of Ukraine in 2022. It had just regained independence in 1918 and was still in the process of re-establishing itself as a national entity after having been split up three ways. Yet Poland was able to push back Lenin's military forces.

Those who today regard Russia as an omnipotent superpower are often ignorant of the historical record. The corruption, petty infighting, poor training, and incompetence of the Russian military have been around for a long time. Whenever they face organized and serious resistance, the Russians are stopped.

[intermarivm]

The Polish–Soviet War. Polish FT-17 tanks of the 1st Tank Regiment during the Battle of Daugavpils, Latvia, 1920.

[history-and-stuff-and-things]

[pol-ski]

Gen. Tadeusz Rozwadowski - a commander, diplomat, politician and military inventor; He vitally contributed to the Polish victory over the Soviets in 1920. With his counterattack plan and concept of the Battle Of Warsaw, he became its main coordinator. The Polish victory stopped the spread of Bolshevik communism further westwards into Europe. The Battle of Warsaw is considered “the eighteenth decisive battle in world history.”

[...] we shall not surrender the capital, we shall liberate Poland from them, and we shall offer that red horde such a reception that nothing remains of them. Let everyone know that we must win. - General Tadeusz Rozwadowski