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3 unusual facts about Battle of Warsaw


Constituent Assembly of Lithuania

Shortly after the defeat in the Battle of Warsaw, the withdrawing Red Army handed Vilnius over to Lithuania, in accordance with the agreement.

Leonard Skierski

He managed to withdraw his unit under heavy pressure from numerically-superior enemy and regroup it, only to take part in the Battle of Warsaw in mid-August.

Lothar Swierzinski

Swierzinski died on the 29 October 1944 from wounds received the previous day during the Battle of Warsaw.


Karol Turno

After the Battle of Warsaw he remained in the city, was arrested by the Russians and sentenced to forcible resettlement to Perm.

The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World

In 1920 the Viscount D'Abernon published The Eighteenth Decisive Battle of the World: Warsaw, 1920, in which he claimed that the next battle on the list was the battle of Warsaw, fought in 1920 by the Polish and Bolshevik forces during the Polish-Bolshevik War.

Volhynian Guard Regiment

The regiment took active part in many battles of the November Uprising, notably in the Battle of Ostrołęka, fights in Lithuania and the final battle of Warsaw.


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