The Polish-Soviet War: Warsaw 1920 and the Miracle on the Vistula

In 1920, as the Russian Civil War raged, a new front opened between Bolshevik Russia and the newly independent Polish Republic. This episode focuses on the climactic Battle of Warsaw, often called the Miracle on the Vistula. We explore Józef Piłsudski's daring counteroffensive from the Wieprz River, the Bolshevik command's fatal overextension under Mikhail Tukhachevsky, and the role of signals intelligence — Polish cryptographers breaking Red Army ciphers. We also discuss the political stakes: Lenin's dream of exporting revolution to Germany via Poland, and the Treaty of Riga that redrew borders. Specific focus on the manoeuvre that shattered the Western Front near Radzymin and the subsequent pursuit that saved Warsaw.

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