The Battle of Warsaw, 1920. The Communist Bolsheviks Routed

The crushing defeat of the Red Army in Poland did more than just carve out Poland’s post-World War I borders and halt the crimson tide of communism in its tracks; it also unfurled a bloody canvas of tactics that appears to have captivated the minds of German military planners. Those same brutal, fast-moving maneuvers would be perfected and unleashed with devastating precision across Europe in the fires of World War II. Warsaw, Poland. 16-25 August, 1920. Polish Forces: 370,000 soldiers and c...