Independence of Poland (1918- 1923): Every Day 

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Indeed, the Polish victory in the Polish-Bolshevik War had European impact. According to the British politician and diplomat Lord D'Abernon, who was part of the Interallied Mission to Poland in 1920, during the Polish-Bolshevik war, the 1920 Battle of Warsaw was one of the most important battles in world history because as he said "had the Battle of Warsaw ended with a Bolshevik victory, it would have been a turning point in the history of Europe. As there is no doubt that with the fall of Warsaw, Central Europe would have been left open to Communist propaganda and Soviet invasion." Conquered Poland should serve as a red bridge to conquer all of Europe! This view is also confirmed by the order of Mikhail Tukachevsky, commander of the Western Front of the Red Army, which he wrote in July 2, 1920: "The fate of the world revolution will be decided in the West. The way to set the world on fire leads through the corpse of white Poland. On our bayonets we will bring happiness and peace to the toiling masses of mankind. To Warsaw!" Tukhachevsky also boasted that his men would be "galloping through the streets of Paris before the summer was out." The communist propaganda called free Poland white Poland. The term whites were used to designate anti-communists. But the Polish victory prevented setting the world on fire by communists. What is also worth noting the fact that if Poland had been conquered by the communists, the Baltic states would have been conquered too. Poland was therefore allied with Latvia in this war. With these additional resources from these conquered countries, the communists planned to advance further into the west. In various European countries at that time there were strong communist movements that would have supported the communists in their advance. Poland and some few others European countries were not infected by the red virus. In Poland the overwhelming majority of the population was anti-communist. But Poland was the absolute exception in Europe! So these are examples of communist successes outside the Bolshevik state at the time of the Polish-Bolshevik war. The Hungarian Soviet Republic was the communist state of Hungary from 21 March 1919 until 1 August 1919 (133 days). Until the anti-communists prevailed and abolished this Soviet republic. The other communist republics and communes have survived just as short as the Hungarian Soviet Republic but that makes it clear that there were strong communist influences throughout Europe. Like in Hungary during the German November Revolution, the communist Karl Liebknecht proclaimed the communist republick in Germany on November 9, 1918. But the communists' seizure of power then failed, although later there were repeated attempts by the communists to gain power in Germany or parts of Germany. Like with the Bavarian Soviet Republic wich was a short-lived communist state in Bavaria during the riots of 1918-19 in Germany. Then there was another attempt by the communists to come to power with the Bremen Soviet Republic wich an, short-lived state in Germany, existing for 25 days in 1919. The communist Spartacist uprising with the goal of an all-German Soviet Republic were armed battles in Berlin from 5 to 12 January 1919. The Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic more commonly referred to as Red Finland, was a proclaimed Finnish communist state that ruled parts of the country during the Finnish Civil War of 1918. Another example of an attempted communist takeover of power in Europe was then the Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic of 1918 in France. The Limerick Soviet was one of a number of declared Irish soviets that were formed around Ireland 1919. The Slovak Soviet Republic was a short-lived Communist state in southeast Slovakia in existence from 16 June 1919 to 7 July 1919. Commune of the Working People of Estonia existed from 29 November 1918 to 5 June 1919. The Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic of 1918. Moreover, there were also attempts by the communists to take power in other parts of the world! Dockers in Gdansk(Danzig) and London wich were sympathizers of the Bolsheviks also refused to load the support supplies for the fighting Poles against the Bolsheviks. Since the communists had enough supporters all over Europe after the desired victory against Poland the communists would have in Europe either provoked revolutions through agitators or they would have intervened militarily. If the communists had conquered Europe, which was by far the most economically important continent at the time, they would have had a good chance of "exporting" communism worldwide as well. That this is not an exaggeration can be seen by comparing the strategy of the communists after World War II. Even in these later times, communism was "exported" to countries around the world, and as a result there were countries around the world ruled by communist dictatorships. After 1945, as in 1919, the communists had the goal of a world completely dominated by communism. The goal was that virtually every country would become communist. That is why the Polish victory of 1921 definitely had not just a European impact but also a global impact.

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A short addition! Indeed, the Polish victory in the Polish-Bolshevik War had European impact. According to the British politician and diplomat Lord D'Abernon, who was part of the Interallied Mission to Poland in 1920, during the Polish-Bolshevik war, the 1920 Battle of Warsaw was one of the most important battles in world history because as he said "had the Battle of Warsaw ended with a Bolshevik victory, it would have been a turning point in the history of Europe. As there is no doubt that with the fall of Warsaw, Central Europe would have been left open to Communist propaganda and Soviet invasion." Conquered Poland should serve as a red bridge to conquer all of Europe! This view is also confirmed by the order of Mikhail Tukachevsky, commander of the Western Front of the Red Army, which he wrote in July 2, 1920: "The fate of the world revolution will be decided in the West. The way to set the world on fire leads through the corpse of white Poland. On our bayonets we will bring happiness and peace to the toiling masses of mankind. To Warsaw!" Tukhachevsky also boasted that his men would be "galloping through the streets of Paris before the summer was out." The communist propaganda called free Poland white Poland. The term whites were used to designate anti-communists. But the Polish victory prevented setting the world on fire by communists. What is also worth noting the fact that if Poland had been conquered by the communists, the Baltic states would have been conquered too. Poland was therefore allied with Latvia in this war. With these additional resources from these conquered countries, the communists planned to advance further into the west. In various European countries at that time there were strong communist movements that would have supported the communists in their advance. Poland and some few others European countries were not infected by the red virus. In Poland the overwhelming majority of the population was anti-communist. But Poland was the absolute exception in Europe! So these are examples of communist successes outside the Bolshevik state at the time of the Polish-Bolshevik war. The Hungarian Soviet Republic was the communist state of Hungary from 21 March 1919 until 1 August 1919 (133 days). Until the anti-communists prevailed and abolished this Soviet republic. The other communist republics and communes have survived just as short as the Hungarian Soviet Republic but that makes it clear that there were strong communist influences throughout Europe. Like in Hungary during the German November Revolution, the communist Karl Liebknecht proclaimed the communist republick in Germany on November 9, 1918. But the communists' seizure of power then failed, although later there were repeated attempts by the communists to gain power in Germany or parts of Germany. Like with the Bavarian Soviet Republic wich was a short-lived communist state in Bavaria during the riots of 1918-19 in Germany. Then there was another attempt by the communists to come to power with the Bremen Soviet Republic wich an, short-lived state in Germany, existing for 25 days in 1919. The communist Spartacist uprising with the goal of an all-German Soviet Republic were armed battles in Berlin from 5 to 12 January 1919. The Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic more commonly referred to as Red Finland, was a proclaimed Finnish communist state that ruled parts of the country during the Finnish Civil War of 1918. Another example of an attempted communist takeover of power in Europe was then the Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic of 1918 in France. The Limerick Soviet was one of a number of declared Irish soviets that were formed around Ireland 1919. The Slovak Soviet Republic was a short-lived Communist state in southeast Slovakia in existence from 16 June 1919 to 7 July 1919. Commune of the Working People of Estonia existed from 29 November 1918 to 5 June 1919. The Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic of 1918. Moreover, there were also attempts by the communists to take power in other parts of the world! Dockers in Gdansk(Danzig) and London wich were sympathizers of the Bolsheviks also refused to load the support supplies for the fighting Poles against the Bolsheviks. Since the communists had enough supporters all over Europe after the desired victory against Poland the communists would have in Europe either provoked revolutions through agitators or they would have intervened militarily. If the communists had conquered Europe, which was by far the most economically important continent at the time, they would have had a good chance of "exporting" communism worldwide as well. That this is not an exaggeration can be seen by comparing the strategy of the communists after World War II. Even in these later times, communism was "exported" to countries around the world, and as a result there were countries around the world ruled by communist dictatorships. After 1945, as in 1919, the communists had the goal of a world completely dominated by communism. The goal was that virtually every country would become communist. That is why the Polish victory of 1921 definitely had not just a European impact but also a global impact.

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remove the central part

Saddast part is the human cost as this period would lay the path to WW2.

Eastern Europe*

@@PatrykAlexander Central and Eastern Europe

The war was brutal as other wars were brutal. By the way, here is a short addition from me! Indeed, the Polish victory in the Polish-Bolshevik War had European impact. According to the British politician and diplomat Lord D'Abernon, who was part of the Interallied Mission to Poland in 1920, during the Polish-Bolshevik war, the 1920 Battle of Warsaw was one of the most important battles in world history because as he said "had the Battle of Warsaw ended with a Bolshevik victory, it would have been a turning point in the history of Europe. As there is no doubt that with the fall of Warsaw, Central Europe would have been left open to Communist propaganda and Soviet invasion." Conquered Poland should serve as a red bridge to conquer all of Europe! This view is also confirmed by the order of Mikhail Tukachevsky, commander of the Western Front of the Red Army, which he wrote in July 2, 1920: "The fate of the world revolution will be decided in the West. The way to set the world on fire leads through the corpse of white Poland. On our bayonets we will bring happiness and peace to the toiling masses of mankind. To Warsaw!" Tukhachevsky also boasted that his men would be "galloping through the streets of Paris before the summer was out." The communist propaganda called free Poland white Poland. The term whites were used to designate anti-communists. But the Polish victory prevented setting the world on fire by communists. What is also worth noting the fact that if Poland had been conquered by the communists, the Baltic states would have been conquered too. Poland was therefore allied with Latvia in this war. With these additional resources from these conquered countries, the communists planned to advance further into the west. In various European countries at that time there were strong communist movements that would have supported the communists in their advance. Poland and some few others European countries were not infected by the red virus. In Poland the overwhelming majority of the population was anti-communist. But Poland was the absolute exception in Europe! So these are examples of communist successes outside the Bolshevik state at the time of the Polish-Bolshevik war. The Hungarian Soviet Republic was the communist state of Hungary from 21 March 1919 until 1 August 1919 (133 days). Until the anti-communists prevailed and abolished this Soviet republic. The other communist republics and communes have survived just as short as the Hungarian Soviet Republic but that makes it clear that there were strong communist influences throughout Europe. Like in Hungary during the German November Revolution, the communist Karl Liebknecht proclaimed the communist republick in Germany on November 9, 1918. But the communists' seizure of power then failed, although later there were repeated attempts by the communists to gain power in Germany or parts of Germany. Like with the Bavarian Soviet Republic wich was a short-lived communist state in Bavaria during the riots of 1918-19 in Germany. Then there was another attempt by the communists to come to power with the Bremen Soviet Republic wich an, short-lived state in Germany, existing for 25 days in 1919. The communist Spartacist uprising with the goal of an all-German Soviet Republic were armed battles in Berlin from 5 to 12 January 1919. The Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic more commonly referred to as Red Finland, was a proclaimed Finnish communist state that ruled parts of the country during the Finnish Civil War of 1918. Another example of an attempted communist takeover of power in Europe was then the Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic of 1918 in France. The Limerick Soviet was one of a number of declared Irish soviets that were formed around Ireland 1919. The Slovak Soviet Republic was a short-lived Communist state in southeast Slovakia in existence from 16 June 1919 to 7 July 1919. Commune of the Working People of Estonia existed from 29 November 1918 to 5 June 1919. The Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic of 1918. Moreover, there were also attempts by the communists to take power in other parts of the world! Dockers in Gdansk(Danzig) and London wich were sympathizers of the Bolsheviks also refused to load the support supplies for the fighting Poles against the Bolsheviks. Since the communists had enough supporters all over Europe after the desired victory against Poland the communists would have in Europe either provoked revolutions through agitators or they would have intervened militarily. If the communists had conquered Europe, which was by far the most economically important continent at the time, they would have had a good chance of "exporting" communism worldwide as well. That this is not an exaggeration can be seen by comparing the strategy of the communists after World War II. Even in these later times, communism was "exported" to countries around the world, and as a result there were countries around the world ruled by communist dictatorships. After 1945, as in 1919, the communists had the goal of a world completely dominated by communism. The goal was that virtually every country would become communist. That is why the Polish victory of 1921 definitely had not just a European impact but also a global impact.

Indeed, the Polish victory in the Polish-Bolshevik War had European impact. According to the British politician and diplomat Lord D'Abernon, who was part of the Interallied Mission to Poland in 1920, during the Polish-Bolshevik war, the 1920 Battle of Warsaw was one of the most important battles in world history because as he said "had the Battle of Warsaw ended with a Bolshevik victory, it would have been a turning point in the history of Europe. As there is no doubt that with the fall of Warsaw, Central Europe would have been left open to Communist propaganda and Soviet invasion." Conquered Poland should serve as a red bridge to conquer all of Europe! This view is also confirmed by the order of Mikhail Tukachevsky, commander of the Western Front of the Red Army, which he wrote in July 2, 1920: "The fate of the world revolution will be decided in the West. The way to set the world on fire leads through the corpse of white Poland. On our bayonets we will bring happiness and peace to the toiling masses of mankind. To Warsaw!" Tukhachevsky also boasted that his men would be "galloping through the streets of Paris before the summer was out." The communist propaganda called free Poland white Poland. The term whites were used to designate anti-communists. But the Polish victory prevented setting the world on fire by communists. What is also worth noting the fact that if Poland had been conquered by the communists, the Baltic states would have been conquered too. Poland was therefore allied with Latvia in this war. With these additional resources from these conquered countries, the communists planned to advance further into the west. In various European countries at that time there were strong communist movements that would have supported the communists in their advance. Poland and some few others European countries were not infected by the red virus. In Poland the overwhelming majority of the population was anti-communist. But Poland was the absolute exception in Europe! So these are examples of communist successes outside the Bolshevik state at the time of the Polish-Bolshevik war. The Hungarian Soviet Republic was the communist state of Hungary from 21 March 1919 until 1 August 1919 (133 days). Until the anti-communists prevailed and abolished this Soviet republic. The other communist republics and communes have survived just as short as the Hungarian Soviet Republic but that makes it clear that there were strong communist influences throughout Europe. Like in Hungary during the German November Revolution, the communist Karl Liebknecht proclaimed the communist republick in Germany on November 9, 1918. But the communists' seizure of power then failed, although later there were repeated attempts by the communists to gain power in Germany or parts of Germany. Like with the Bavarian Soviet Republic wich was a short-lived communist state in Bavaria during the riots of 1918-19 in Germany. Then there was another attempt by the communists to come to power with the Bremen Soviet Republic wich an, short-lived state in Germany, existing for 25 days in 1919. The communist Spartacist uprising with the goal of an all-German Soviet Republic were armed battles in Berlin from 5 to 12 January 1919. The Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic more commonly referred to as Red Finland, was a proclaimed Finnish communist state that ruled parts of the country during the Finnish Civil War of 1918. Another example of an attempted communist takeover of power in Europe was then the Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic of 1918 in France. The Limerick Soviet was one of a number of declared Irish soviets that were formed around Ireland 1919. The Slovak Soviet Republic was a short-lived Communist state in southeast Slovakia in existence from 16 June 1919 to 7 July 1919. Commune of the Working People of Estonia existed from 29 November 1918 to 5 June 1919. The Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic of 1918. Moreover, there were also attempts by the communists to take power in other parts of the world! Dockers in Gdansk(Danzig) and London wich were sympathizers of the Bolsheviks also refused to load the support supplies for the fighting Poles against the Bolsheviks. Since the communists had enough supporters all over Europe after the desired victory against Poland the communists would have in Europe either provoked revolutions through agitators or they would have intervened militarily. If the communists had conquered Europe, which was by far the most economically important continent at the time, they would have had a good chance of "exporting" communism worldwide as well. That this is not an exaggeration can be seen by comparing the strategy of the communists after World War II. Even in these later times, communism was "exported" to countries around the world, and as a result there were countries around the world ruled by communist dictatorships. After 1945, as in 1919, the communists had the goal of a world completely dominated by communism. The goal was that virtually every country would become communist. That is why the Polish victory of 1921 definitely had not just a European impact but also a global impact.

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Im proud of your country 🇳🇱🇵🇱

Thank you!

yes The Polish-Lithuanian common wealth once has Moscow (for two years)

@@lord-of-the-trees yeah and the Russian empire once controlled Warsaw (for 100 years)

Poland was not friendly with lithuania, they were holding Vilnius (capital of lithuania) for many years up to world war 2. Evil poland.

@@pr1zzm46 They had to get help from Prussia and Austria + polish nobles. Nice

@@pr1zzm46 yes with the help of Prussia Germany and Austria/Hungary. Russia never conquered Warsaw/Poland without help.... Even in the 2nd World War they allied with Germany in the Secret Rippentrop pact for revenge 1920. So for about you proud? There is no honor for deport civilians and other people to Sibiria/Auschwitz/Treblinka or to orher places in the world..... And now Russia attacked Ukraine like cowards. The Russian TV Propaganda eat your brains really..... Isolated State... Check out the facts before talking bsh. Btw. Controlled? U mean Deported people who was against the Zar or was Polish Patriots. Your methods to controll human beings are well known in the whole world. You getting fooled by Russian Media and you dont even reconize it....

Nope Poland had a relatively small population compared to its giant size during the commonwealth, most of whom were not actually poles “Poland losing so many people 1772-1918” Europe was losing plenty of people during that time. “ 5 million dead in ww2” let’s not forget the fact that the polish population doubled between 1950-90. So in conclusion, Poland could never have had more people than France

@@dumigamez397 Population of Poland dropped from 34m people in 1939 to 23m people in 1945. If not WW2, Holocaust etc, population of Poland would be at around 60-70m people today, also there would be more Jews in Poland than in current Israel. Same story with other Eastern European countries, Ukraine would have around 85-100m people...

@@kosa9662 The Giant Polish Lithuanian commonwealth, who's Size was 4x larger than France at the time..... and Yet the combined commonwealth had 2/3rds the population of France at the time. And more than Half of those in the Commonwealth were not Polish, as well as a third of That 34 million.

@@dumigamez397 To be fair, orthodox territories in Commonwealth were less populated becouse of Mongols( despite almost 300 years had passed). Also demographic boom in Europe was link with industralisation. Great Britain was 1st to industralise, result? At one point of time they were the most popouls contry in Europe. Next was Germany after its reunification, again population exploded. Von Moltke said 2-3 years before start of WW1, that Germany every year scores gigantic victory aganist French, he said about birth, for every born French, there was 2-3 more birth of German. You see patern? Industralisation moved from West to East. In eastern Europe industralistion started on massive scale only after 1900... Do you know why Germany chooses 1914 as date to start War? They were scared of industralistion of Tsardom of Russsia, with its modernisation etc. They were thinking as "now or never". Ah and population of France in 1939 was around ~41m people, in comparison with Poland there was only 7m more people and gap would be more narrow every year if not WW2 and entire shit that brought with it...

@@dumigamez397 Population of France in 1939 was around 41m people, there was only 7m more people than in Poland and gap.was more narrow every year if not WW2.

Wait what

@@Experciq What you do not understand

@@GreatPolishWingedHussars I mean you wrote so many things

@@Experciq Bo sie zna na historii 💪

@@Pablo_i_tyle Wiem, że to już rok temu. Ale RU-vid nie poinformował mnie o Twoim wspaniałym komentarzu. Więc dopiero teraz dziękuję!

this is what we call the Miracle on the Vistula : )

@@Tonyhalik01 This term "Miracle on the Vistula" should actually not be used, because this designation was used primarily by political opponents of Marshal and Chief of State Józef Piłsudski to deny his merit. According to the motto that it was an inexplicable miracle and not the merit of the Polish army led by Józef Piłsudski. But that was certainly not a miracle, but the result of the superiority of the Polish army, the Polish army command and the Polish secret service. The Polish soldiers had much higher combat morale than the soldiers of the Bolshevik Army. Because the Poles fought for the freedom of their homeland and were determined to defend their country. Critically, the Polish Army benefited from a vast influx of volunteers. Even Polish women volunteered to fight! So battalions of women fought at the front for Poland. One of this Polish female soldiers was Maria Wittek wich would become the Polish Army's first female general. In fact most Polish soldiers were anti-Communists and despised Bolshevik ideology. The soldiers of the Red Army, on the other hand, fought for the spread of an ideology in other countries. Bolshevik soldiers were supposed to fight for an abstract political idea. It is very likely that the majority of Red Army soldiers were not communists at all. Many were forcibly recruited and did not want to fight at all. The communist propaganda told the Red Army soldiers they would be greeted as liberators however, they quickly realized that they were viewed as enemies by the Polish population. In summary, it can be stated that the Polish soldiers were much more motivated to fight than the Red Army soldiers. The Polish army command led by First Marshal Piłsudski showed its superiority on various occasions such as at the Battle of Warsaw. The Polish high command understood the course of the front and the situation at the front much better than the Bolshevik high command. Piłsudski and General Rozwadowski knew that the only way to defend Warsaw and prevent its encirclement of the city was with a counter-offensive. Their plan was to exploit a weak opening between two Russian fronts. The plan that he and General Rozwadowski thrashed out was for Polish forces to secretly regroup at lightning speed and then strike at a weak point between major Red Army battle groups. After this advance, the Polish Army would then be in a perfect position to deliver the decisive blow. Piłsudski knew how important the coming battle would be and took direct command of this army. The plan worked and the rapid Polish drive north managed to split the Bolshevik fronts and threw Bolshevik army into confusion and chaos the Red Army started to disintegrate. In the following months, several more Polish follow-up victories saved Poland’s independence. It was a hard-fought battle, which took place in August 1920 near Warsaw and ended in a decisive Polish victory over the Red Army. It was won by the skill, discipline, and determination of the Polish defenders, by the patriotic spirit of a large numbers of volunteers, and by Marshal Piłsudski's brilliant counterattack, which stopped the Bolshevik offensive and with the counterattack, the Bolshevik troops were forced to flee. The Polish Command also made much better use of the newly developed modern weapon systems and made better use of the new technologies than the Bolsheviks. Because of that the Polish army used the new armored vehicle branch much more efficiently than the Bolsheviks. For example, the Poles produced armored cars. The Polish army also used foreign-made armored cars. Armored cars were very useful. In fact, these armored cars were used by the Polish Army for blitzkrieg-style attacks. That's no exaggeration, because indeed the Polish Army used this armored car for blitzkrieg attacks against the Bolsheviks. Anyone who thinks that the Germans invented the blitzkrieg with armored vehicles is wrong. The Polish Army had successfully used this tactic against the Bolsheviks with rapidly advancing armored cars clearing the way for the rapidly following infantry. By the way, the advantages of this polish made armored cars were high speed, agility, manoeuvrability and ease of maintenance and repair. At times, they were repaired under fire. The engine could run on low quality fuel and oil. The armour was sufficient against rifle and machine gun bullets and and shrapnels. In spite of the extra weight of the armour, the vehicles managed well in heavy terrain, and were also able to cross relatively weak bridges on account of their low mass in comparison to other armoured vehicles. The polish made armored cars were really small in comparison to other armoured cars of the era and offered a smaller target. In view of the operations extending over large areas, and in order to take by surprise the enemy, the Polish army command resolved upon to lightning fast armored cars raids and invented with it actually the blitzkrieg. So this warfare tactic should actually have the Polish name "błyskwojna" in English and not the German name blitzkrieg. An example of the "błyskwojna" of the Polish armored cars was the Battle of Kovel in 1920. The Polish Bataillons received orders to raid Kovel and to overcome the distance of 160 km to the attack target Kovel as quickly as possible for to to surprise the enemy with the fast advance. The aim of the raid was to conquer the undamaged wide-gauge railway rolling-stocks and to enabling rapid action along the liberated railway lines. A column of armored cars should do the job supported by batteries of field artillery drawn by trucks. Columns with 2 infantry battalions were to follow, transported by truck, to secure the conquered area. It is worth mentioning that on the way to Kovel several villages occupied by the Bolsheviks had to be liberated. The coming of the motor group over the Brzesc - Kovel road took the Bolsheviks unawares and was an element of surprise lay one of the conditions of success. The surprise was, moreover, effected by a very sudden change of direction by the motor-group. The distance was covered in 2 days with some villages being liberated along the way and during this time it was necessary to stop the whole marching column in order to repair the bridges. The effect of the sudden appearance in the streets of Kovel of armoured cars firing on all sides was such that within the space of a few minutes the Bolshevik troops, about 2 infantry divisions, were leaving the town in considerable disorder. The commander of the 12th Soviet Army escaped in a car. The effect of the raid was a capture of the big railway junction. The Poles also captured 2 armoured trains several scores of guns 12 aeroplanes, several hundreds of railway carriages loaded with large amount of war material, and, besides, all that the staff archives the 12th Soviet Army contained. The Polish motorised group had held the town, until the main force arrived next morning. Three armoured cars got damaged during the raid. Thus did the briliantly conducted raid on Kovel result not only in bringing immense spoil at a very inconsiderable loss, but it produced a tremendous operational effect which rendered possible the accomplishment of the strategic plan of the Commander-in-Chief, and at the same time it seriously weakened the strength and shook the morale of the 12th Bolshevik Army. Lord D’Abernon a British politician and diplomat, who was part of the Interallied Mission to Poland in 1920, described in his diary the mobility of the Polish troops as amazing and noticed that Polish troops covered distances unattainable by the best European armies. By the way, the Kościuszko Squadron was the first air squadron to use a railway train as a mobile flying base with specially designed railroad cars that could transport their aircraft as the front moved and developed. The train also included the squadron's operational headquarters, aircraft spares and repair workshops and living quarters. Which also shows how innovatively the Polish high command used new technologies. The Polish army command had another decisive advantage, namely the Polish intelligence. In that war, the Polish High Command was arguably the best-informed High Command about the enemy forces that ever existed. It was no problem for the Polish secret service to recruit agents in the east, because the communists had many enemies, also secret enemies in their own ranks. Even in high positions! So the Polish intelligence knew the Soviets had prepared for a new offensive. In addition, the Polish cryptologists cracked the Bolshevik code thus they were able to decode the Russians' secret radio communications. In fact, thanks to the work of the code-breakers in 1919, the Poles were able to read Bolshevik signals throughout the war and knew about troop numbers, movements, losses, morale and orders often before the intended recipients. In addition, the Polish experts have developed a method of jamming the enemy radio. They did this by transmitting conflicting Morse code but they didn't just choose any old text. They recited the Book of Genesis in Polish and Latin. Due to the disruption in communication the Bolshevik troops could no longer exchange information. In any case, this was a description of the successful war of the Poles against the Bolsheviks and the victory was certainly not a miracle but the logical consequence of the Polish superiority of the Polish troops, the Polish high command and the Polish secret service.

@@GreatPolishWingedHussarshow long did it take you to write this

@@coolboylikesplanets4 Not long. I type very quickly with the 10 finger method.

@@coolboylikesplanets4 Not long. I type very quickly with the 10 finger method.

That was only a puppet state of the Germans in 1916 and unworthy of mention! Against that the victories also against the German occupiers after the First World War were decisive! By the way, here is a short addition. Indeed, the Polish victory in the Polish-Bolshevik War had European impact. According to the British politician and diplomat Lord D'Abernon, who was part of the Interallied Mission to Poland in 1920, during the Polish-Bolshevik war, the 1920 Battle of Warsaw was one of the most important battles in world history because as he said "had the Battle of Warsaw ended with a Bolshevik victory, it would have been a turning point in the history of Europe. As there is no doubt that with the fall of Warsaw, Central Europe would have been left open to Communist propaganda and Soviet invasion." Conquered Poland should serve as a red bridge to conquer all of Europe! This view is also confirmed by the order of Mikhail Tukachevsky, commander of the Western Front of the Red Army, which he wrote in July 2, 1920: "The fate of the world revolution will be decided in the West. The way to set the world on fire leads through the corpse of white Poland. On our bayonets we will bring happiness and peace to the toiling masses of mankind. To Warsaw!" Tukhachevsky also boasted that his men would be "galloping through the streets of Paris before the summer was out." The communist propaganda called free Poland white Poland. The term whites were used to designate anti-communists. But the Polish victory prevented setting the world on fire by communists. What is also worth noting the fact that if Poland had been conquered by the communists, the Baltic states would have been conquered too. Poland was therefore allied with Latvia in this war. With these additional resources from these conquered countries, the communists planned to advance further into the west. In various European countries at that time there were strong communist movements that would have supported the communists in their advance. Poland and some few others European countries were not infected by the red virus. In Poland the overwhelming majority of the population was anti-communist. But Poland was the absolute exception in Europe! So these are examples of communist successes outside the Bolshevik state at the time of the Polish-Bolshevik war. The Hungarian Soviet Republic was the communist state of Hungary from 21 March 1919 until 1 August 1919 (133 days). Until the anti-communists prevailed and abolished this Soviet republic. The other communist republics and communes have survived just as short as the Hungarian Soviet Republic but that makes it clear that there were strong communist influences throughout Europe. Like in Hungary during the German November Revolution, the communist Karl Liebknecht proclaimed the communist republick in Germany on November 9, 1918. But the communists' seizure of power then failed, although later there were repeated attempts by the communists to gain power in Germany or parts of Germany. Like with the Bavarian Soviet Republic wich was a short-lived communist state in Bavaria during the riots of 1918-19 in Germany. Then there was another attempt by the communists to come to power with the Bremen Soviet Republic wich an, short-lived state in Germany, existing for 25 days in 1919. The communist Spartacist uprising with the goal of an all-German Soviet Republic were armed battles in Berlin from 5 to 12 January 1919. The Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic more commonly referred to as Red Finland, was a proclaimed Finnish communist state that ruled parts of the country during the Finnish Civil War of 1918. Another example of an attempted communist takeover of power in Europe was then the Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic of 1918 in France. The Limerick Soviet was one of a number of declared Irish soviets that were formed around Ireland 1919. The Slovak Soviet Republic was a short-lived Communist state in southeast Slovakia in existence from 16 June 1919 to 7 July 1919. Commune of the Working People of Estonia existed from 29 November 1918 to 5 June 1919. The Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic of 1918. Moreover, there were also attempts by the communists to take power in other parts of the world! Dockers in Gdansk(Danzig) and London wich were sympathizers of the Bolsheviks also refused to load the support supplies for the fighting Poles against the Bolsheviks. Since the communists had enough supporters all over Europe after the desired victory against Poland the communists would have in Europe either provoked revolutions through agitators or they would have intervened militarily. If the communists had conquered Europe, which was by far the most economically important continent at the time, they would have had a good chance of "exporting" communism worldwide as well. That this is not an exaggeration can be seen by comparing the strategy of the communists after World War II. Even in these later times, communism was "exported" to countries around the world, and as a result there were countries around the world ruled by communist dictatorships. After 1945, as in 1919, the communists had the goal of a world completely dominated by communism. The goal was that virtually every country would become communist. That is why the Polish victory of 1921 definitely had not just a European impact but also a global impact.

@Adolf Meyer On the contrary that wasn't Piłsudski's plan. Piłsudski's plan was to help establish a series of independent nations such as Belarus and Ukraine that would then become part of the polish alliance (a slight take on Intermarium idea) aimed to defend the interests of these nations against their neighbours (russia/germany)

@Adolf Meyer What should pilsudzki be? Incidentally, the Polish Marshal and Chief of State Józef Piłsudski planned a Ukrainian state if Poland conquered enough Ukrainian territory. Unfortunately that didn't work.

Small addition to the topic! Indeed, the Polish victory in the Polish-Bolshevik War had European impact. According to the British politician and diplomat Lord D'Abernon, who was part of the Interallied Mission to Poland in 1920, during the Polish-Bolshevik war, the 1920 Battle of Warsaw was one of the most important battles in world history because as he said "had the Battle of Warsaw ended with a Bolshevik victory, it would have been a turning point in the history of Europe. As there is no doubt that with the fall of Warsaw, Central Europe would have been left open to Communist propaganda and Soviet invasion." Conquered Poland should serve as a red bridge to conquer all of Europe! This view is also confirmed by the order of Mikhail Tukachevsky, commander of the Western Front of the Red Army, which he wrote in July 2, 1920: "The fate of the world revolution will be decided in the West. The way to set the world on fire leads through the corpse of white Poland. On our bayonets we will bring happiness and peace to the toiling masses of mankind. To Warsaw!" Tukhachevsky also boasted that his men would be "galloping through the streets of Paris before the summer was out." The communist propaganda called free Poland white Poland. The term whites were used to designate anti-communists. But the Polish victory prevented setting the world on fire by communists. What is also worth noting the fact that if Poland had been conquered by the communists, the Baltic states would have been conquered too. Poland was therefore allied with Latvia in this war. With these additional resources from these conquered countries, the communists planned to advance further into the west. In various European countries at that time there were strong communist movements that would have supported the communists in their advance. Poland and some few others European countries were not infected by the red virus. In Poland the overwhelming majority of the population was anti-communist. But Poland was the absolute exception in Europe! So these are examples of communist successes outside the Bolshevik state at the time of the Polish-Bolshevik war. The Hungarian Soviet Republic was the communist state of Hungary from 21 March 1919 until 1 August 1919 (133 days). Until the anti-communists prevailed and abolished this Soviet republic. The other communist republics and communes have survived just as short as the Hungarian Soviet Republic but that makes it clear that there were strong communist influences throughout Europe. Like in Hungary during the German November Revolution, the communist Karl Liebknecht proclaimed the communist republick in Germany on November 9, 1918. But the communists' seizure of power then failed, although later there were repeated attempts by the communists to gain power in Germany or parts of Germany. Like with the Bavarian Soviet Republic wich was a short-lived communist state in Bavaria during the riots of 1918-19 in Germany. Then there was another attempt by the communists to come to power with the Bremen Soviet Republic wich an, short-lived state in Germany, existing for 25 days in 1919. The communist Spartacist uprising with the goal of an all-German Soviet Republic were armed battles in Berlin from 5 to 12 January 1919. The Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic more commonly referred to as Red Finland, was a proclaimed Finnish communist state that ruled parts of the country during the Finnish Civil War of 1918. Another example of an attempted communist takeover of power in Europe was then the Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic of 1918 in France. The Limerick Soviet was one of a number of declared Irish soviets that were formed around Ireland 1919. The Slovak Soviet Republic was a short-lived Communist state in southeast Slovakia in existence from 16 June 1919 to 7 July 1919. Commune of the Working People of Estonia existed from 29 November 1918 to 5 June 1919. The Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic of 1918. Moreover, there were also attempts by the communists to take power in other parts of the world! Dockers in Gdansk(Danzig) and London wich were sympathizers of the Bolsheviks also refused to load the support supplies for the fighting Poles against the Bolsheviks. Since the communists had enough supporters all over Europe after the desired victory against Poland the communists would have in Europe either provoked revolutions through agitators or they would have intervened militarily. If the communists had conquered Europe, which was by far the most economically important continent at the time, they would have had a good chance of "exporting" communism worldwide as well. That this is not an exaggeration can be seen by comparing the strategy of the communists after World War II. Even in these later times, communism was "exported" to countries around the world, and as a result there were countries around the world ruled by communist dictatorships. After 1945, as in 1919, the communists had the goal of a world completely dominated by communism. The goal was that virtually every country would become communist. That is why the Polish victory of 1921 definitely had not just a European impact but also a global impact.

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Thank you my friend!Hope you will be back soon!

@@hitmanmapping_6664 Thank. Of course, I have a lot of things to do, but I want to make a more detailed video about the section of Czechoslovakia in 1938-1939. Learned a lot of details

Nice!Look forward to it!

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@@ukaszfiuk2719 Not as cringe as your statement. Don't forget there are still a lot of Poles living in Lithuania and some in Belarus.

@@bcchiriac4512 artificially polonized Lithuanians

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Lithuanian dogs help bolshevik scum.

Read this article: doi.org/10.4316/CC.2020.01.010 Accession of part of Eastern Galicia to Romania in 1919: Military and political aspects by Stepan Borchuk, Andrii Korolko, Alexander Reient

Romans like conquest

Also they should've put Central Lithuania as a polish puppet

Memel was under French occupation

And I do not understand: Piłsudski was born in Vilnius, he did not invade you, because he came to liberate you.

imagine your neighbour tells you: "hey i will help you cut your grass" you say: "no thx im fine i will do it myself" and then he start building new fence on your land...

@@c0d3014 You always remember your greatest successes, but you had them only with Poland - Grunwald or Vienna. Is it strange that you suddenly wanted to live alone? Oh yes, because those Lithuanians who were in the Commonwealth are the present Belarusians, not Lithuanians. Piłsudski born in Wilno, he come back to home.

@@Litwinus whit your logic current baltic states should be given back to Russia because half Russians were born there at some point in history... when Poland and Lithuania made Commonwealth, Poland was 2x smaller then Lithuania and Vilno was Lithuanian... so Polish people saying Vilno belonged to Polish is false... Lithuania gave Poland King and man power, Poland gave Queen catholicism and modernized administration... whit time people breed and line between two countries blur but it native culture stays the same... when Commonwealth failed itself by poor governing, no wonder native Lithuanias wanted to try live alone... who knows maybe after kicking Bolsheviks ass we would do 3 union... or succeed in making Intermarium...

@@c0d3014 My logic is that Piłsudski wanted to recapture the land where he was born. The second case, he had to occupy Lithuania because she cooperated with the USSR. She preferred to be under red shoes than to help Poland

Plisss give back lviv just lviv

@@gigachad3457 Why ?

@@gamer228r because its was Polish and ukrianians killed Polish ukrianians,Czech,slovak in volyn!

@@gigachad3457I mean , you just took **OUR** west Ukrainian people's Republic so no

@@gamer228r hahaahah you took your land

At that time vilno was 56% Poles

@@gigachad3457 and this is cause?? Dude we only make lithuanians more angry at us

Vilno is polish for ever

@@حيثلاانت masz kurde jakieś arabskie znaki bez sensu ustawione więc weź się trolu nie odzywaj

​@@Dejroslaw2448kogo obchodzą litewscy faszyści?

Noshit when 2 superpowers are pushing in your lands defended by an outdated army

Shut up this guy did lots of research just to make this video.

How is it fake?

How is indepedence of Poland even fake?

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