- This month is the centenary of the Battle of Warsaw (August 12–25, 1920) in which Polish forces under Józef Piłsudski repelled and defeated the Red Army in the Polish–Soviet War. It would come to be seen as halting the westward spread of communism toward countries economically devastated by WW1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/battle_of_warsaw_(1920) 3 comments europe
Linking pages
- Poland is again threatened by a tyrant. This time, Europe must not look away | Simon Tisdall | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/17/poland-russia-vladimir-putin-donald-tusk 188 comments
- The war that saved Europe from Communism - UnHerd https://unherd.com/2020/01/the-war-that-saved-europe-from-communism/ 30 comments