Lithuanian Wars of Independence

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series of military conflicts war

The Lithuanian Wars of Independence were a series of military conflicts from 1918 to 1920 in which newly independent Lithuania fought Soviet Russia, Bermontians, and Poland to secure and define its statehood and borders after World War I.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lithuanian Wars of Independence canonical 2
Soviet–Lithuanian War 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf series of military conflicts ⓘ
war ⓘ
aim consolidation of Lithuanian statehood ⓘ
defense of Lithuanian independence ⓘ
securing state borders ⓘ
cause Bolshevik attempt to spread revolution westward ⓘ
power vacuum after collapse of Russian Empire ⓘ
territorial disputes with neighboring states ⓘ
conflictWith Bermontians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Polish Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Russian Volunteer Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Lithuania ⓘ
endTime 1920 ⓘ
followedBy interwar Lithuanian Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEffect international recognition of Lithuania ⓘ
military consolidation of Lithuania ⓘ
hasPart Lithuanian–Bermondt War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lithuanian–Soviet War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian War NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
languageOfSources German ⓘ
Lithuanian ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
location Baltic region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ
participant German Freikorps units NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lithuanian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lithuanian volunteers ⓘ
Polish Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Russian Volunteer Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf aftermath of World War I ⓘ
precededBy World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
result establishment of de facto borders of Lithuania ⓘ
preservation of Lithuanian independence ⓘ
significantPlace Daugava River region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kaunas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vilnius region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Šiauliai NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1918 ⓘ
temporalContext interwar period ⓘ

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

Estonian War of Independence → relatedTo → Lithuanian Wars of Independence ⓘ
Red Army units → conflict → Lithuanian Wars of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet–Lithuanian War
European theatre of interwar conflicts → hasNotableConflict → Lithuanian Wars of Independence ⓘ