Thursday, August 15, 2019

August 15, 1920. Polish army defeated the Red Army


August 15, 1920. On this day Polish army defeated the Red Army in what Vladimir Lenin, the Bolshevik leader, called "an enormous defeat" for his forces at Battle of Warsaw. The British diplomat, Edgar Vincent, called it one of the most important battles in history on his expanded list of most decisive battles, since the Polish victory stopped the spread of communism to Europe.