Polish–Soviet War
February 14, 1919 – March 18, 1921 · Poland and Ukraine
Result Polish victory
War from 14 February 1919 to 18 March 1921 between the Second Polish Republic and Soviet Russia. Poland, led by Jozef Pilsudski, sought to restore its pre-1772 borders, while Lenin's Russia viewed Poland as a corridor for spreading revolution into Europe; the war ended with the Treaty of Riga, which fixed Poland's eastern border.
Poland and Ukraine
Soviet Russia
Other
Units
Ukrainian Galician Army
11th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
12th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
17th Rifle Division
18th Rifle Division
25th Rifle Division
27th Rifle Division
2nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
45th Rifle Division
4th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
5th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
6th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
8th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
Soviet Navy
Battles 15
- Operation Minsk 1919 · Polish victory
- Battle of Bereza Kartuska February 14, 1919 · Polish victory
- Vilna offensive April 1919 · Polish victory
- Battle of Daugavpils January 3–25, 1920 · Polish–Latvian victory
- Kiev offensive (1920) April 24 – June 13, 1920 · Red Army victory
- Battle of Koziatyn April 25–27, 1920 · Polish victory
- Battle of Wołodarka May 29–31, 1920 · Polish tactical victory
- Battle of Lwów (1920) July 1920 – September 1920 · Polish-Ukrainian victory
- Battle of Warsaw (1920) August 12–25, 1920 · Polish victory
- Battle of Radzymin (1920) August 13–16, 1920 · Polish victory
- Battle of Zadwórze August 17, 1920
- Battle of Białystok August 22, 1920 · Polish victory
- Battle of Komarów August 30 – September 2, 1920 · Polish victory
- Battle of Kobryń (1920) September 11–23, 1920 · Polish-Belarusian victory
- Battle of the Niemen River September 25, 1920 · Polish victory
Before and after
- Followed from
- Battle of Vilnius (January 1919) December 31, 1918 – January 5, 1919
- Ended by
- Treaty of Riga March 18, 1921
Related events
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Polish–Soviet War
