Miracle on the Vistula
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Miracle on the Vistula is the popular name for the decisive 1920 Battle of Warsaw, in which Polish forces halted and repelled the advancing Soviet Red Army during the Polish–Soviet War.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Miracle on the Vistula canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
decisive battle ⓘ historical event ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle of Warsaw (1920) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Second Polish Republic’s survival
ⓘ
interwar balance of power in Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Polish Armed Forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Polish Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander |
Józef Haller
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Józef Piłsudski NERFINISHED ⓘ Tadeusz Rozwadowski NERFINISHED ⓘ Władysław Sikorski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn |
August 15
ⓘ
Polish Armed Forces Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Polish–Soviet War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| date | August 1920 ⓘ |
| describedAs | miraculous victory by contemporary Polish public opinion ⓘ |
| effect |
halted Soviet westward advance
ⓘ
secured Polish independence ⓘ stopped spread of Bolshevik revolution into Central Europe ⓘ |
| endDate | 1920-08-25 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of the Niemen River (1920) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| front | Eastern Front of Europe after World War I ⓘ |
| hasCasualties | heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ |
| hasPopularNameOf | Battle of Warsaw (1920) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheater | area around Warsaw and the Vistula River ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfWarfare | conventional land warfare ⓘ |
| influenced | Riga Peace Treaty of 1921 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involves |
counteroffensive from the Wieprz River
ⓘ
encirclement maneuver by Polish forces ⓘ |
| involvesForceType |
armored trains
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artillery ⓘ cavalry ⓘ infantry ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Vistula River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedBy | Polish public and press ⓘ |
| opposingCommander |
Alexander Yegorov
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mikhail Tukhachevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| outcome | decisive Polish victory ⓘ |
| partOf | Polish–Soviet War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| place | Warsaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Soviet advance into central Poland ⓘ |
| result | Polish victory ⓘ |
| startDate | 1920-08-12 ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
one of the most important battles in Polish history
ⓘ
turning point in Polish–Soviet War ⓘ |
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