The Polish-Soviet War: Lenin's Gamble for Europe

In 1920, as the Russian Civil War raged, Lenin ordered the Red Army to invade Poland—a gamble to spread revolution to Europe. This episode follows the dramatic campaign: the Red Army's surge under Mikhail Tukhachevsky, the Miracle on the Vistula where Józef Piłsudski's counterattack shattered the Bolsheviks, and the Treaty of Riga that redrew borders. We explore the bitter fighting at Warsaw, the role of French military advisor Maxime Weygand, and how this defeat forced Lenin to abandon immediate world revolution and focus on consolidating Soviet power. A pivotal, often overlooked conflict that shaped interwar Europe.

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