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Poland's Last Stand at Warsaw: The Miracle of 1920
In this episode, we turn our gaze to the summer of 1920, when the young Second Polish Republic faced an existential threat from the west. As the Red Army surged toward Warsaw, Józef Piłsudski orchestrated a desperate counterattack that would become known as the Miracle on the Vistula. We explore how Piłsudski’s gamble, supported by Symon Petliura and fueled by the resilience of the Tatar cavalry, turned the tide against Mikhail Tukhachevsky’s forces. Through the fog of war and the chaos of the Narew River crossings, discover how a disorganized army managed to encircle and defeat one of the…
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