This was a war in from 1919-1921 that was caused by the collision between various parties trying to fill the power vacuum left after World War I. Taking the opportunity given by the collapse of the German and Austrian Empires and the chaos of the Russian Civil War Poland declared itself independent. However the borders between the new state of Poland and the Soviet Union were unclear, as was the international status of each. Skirmishes started in disputed territory which escalated until the newly formed Polish army commenced an invasion/intervention/consolidation of Poland's territory (depending on how you look at it) into the disputed region both to improve its own position and to drive the Russians further away from Poland. As the original fighting had started without either government's
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| - This was a war in from 1919-1921 that was caused by the collision between various parties trying to fill the power vacuum left after World War I. Taking the opportunity given by the collapse of the German and Austrian Empires and the chaos of the Russian Civil War Poland declared itself independent. However the borders between the new state of Poland and the Soviet Union were unclear, as was the international status of each. Skirmishes started in disputed territory which escalated until the newly formed Polish army commenced an invasion/intervention/consolidation of Poland's territory (depending on how you look at it) into the disputed region both to improve its own position and to drive the Russians further away from Poland. As the original fighting had started without either government's
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| - This was a war in from 1919-1921 that was caused by the collision between various parties trying to fill the power vacuum left after World War I. Taking the opportunity given by the collapse of the German and Austrian Empires and the chaos of the Russian Civil War Poland declared itself independent. However the borders between the new state of Poland and the Soviet Union were unclear, as was the international status of each. Skirmishes started in disputed territory which escalated until the newly formed Polish army commenced an invasion/intervention/consolidation of Poland's territory (depending on how you look at it) into the disputed region both to improve its own position and to drive the Russians further away from Poland. As the original fighting had started without either government's knowledge, arguably the early phase was more a "collision" then an aggression by either, but in any case both sides were too busy to care much. When the Polish army outran its supplies it retreated home. There it was in turn invaded by the Russians. The Russians penetrated into Poland spreading fear before them until they reached the gates of Warsaw. There General and Chief of State Józef Piłsudski in the Battle of Warsaw led the Polish Army in a massive flank attack and destroyed and scattered the Soviet army. This is one of Poland's finest victories and was to become known as the "Miracle on the Vistula" after a nearby river. The Battle of Warsaw has been credited with saving Europe from the Bolsheviks, who've been stating their intention to carry the Revolution to the West, especially Germany. This is somewhat debatable, though; it may have prevented some smaller countries from being opportunistically overrun later by the Red Army, and it certainly saved Poland from this fate at that time and allowed it about twenty years of peace, but the French and Brits and even the defeated Germans might have been pretty able to take care of themselves. After the Battle of Warsaw, both parties, greatly desiring time to consolidate their respective new regimes made peace more or less finalizing the location of the Polish-Russian border until World War II.
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