Battle of Komarów

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battle cavalry engagement

The Battle of Komarów was a 1920 cavalry engagement near Zamość in southeastern Poland, remembered as one of the last great cavalry battles in history and a significant Polish victory over Soviet forces.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Komarów canonical	1
Battle of Komarów (1920)	1
Battle of Komarów-Osada	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ cavalry engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Komarów ⓘ surface form: Battle of Komarów-Osada
belligerent	Polish Army ⓘ Red Army ⓘ Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Second Polish Republic ⓘ
category	1920 in Poland ⓘ Battles involving Poland ⓘ Battles involving the Soviet Union ⓘ Cavalry battles ⓘ
combatantForce	Polish 1st Cavalry Division ⓘ 1st Cavalry Army ⓘ surface form: Soviet 1st Cavalry Army
commander	Juliusz Rómmel ⓘ Semyon Budyonny ⓘ
conflictOf	Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
country	Second Polish Republic ⓘ
date	1920-08-31 ⓘ
endDate	1920-08-31 ⓘ
era	Interwar period ⓘ
front	southern sector of the Polish–Soviet front ⓘ
historicalSignificance	important Polish victory over Soviet forces ⓘ symbol of the effectiveness of Polish cavalry ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Poland ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the last great cavalry battles in history ⓘ large-scale use of cavalry on both sides ⓘ
objective	to stop the advance of Budyonny’s 1st Cavalry Army ⓘ
partOf	Polish–Soviet War ⓘ surface form: Polish counteroffensive of 1920 operations around Zamość ⓘ
place	near Komarów ⓘ near Zamość ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Warsaw (1920) ⓘ
relatedEvent	Defense of Zamość (1920) ⓘ
result	Polish victory ⓘ
startDate	1920-08-30 ⓘ
strategicEffect	contributed to consolidation of Polish gains after the Battle of Warsaw ⓘ halted Soviet cavalry thrust toward Lwów and Zamość ⓘ
theatre	Eastern Front of the Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
typeOfEngagement	cavalry charge–intensive battle ⓘ
year	1920 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Polish–Soviet War → majorBattle → Battle of Komarów ⓘ

Battle of Komarów → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Komarów ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Komarów-Osada

Eastern Front of the Polish–Soviet War → hasMajorBattle → Battle of Komarów ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Komarów (1920)