Battle of Białystok
The Battle of Białystok was a battle of the Polish–Soviet War that took place near and in Białystok, Poland, on August 22, 1920, between the 1st Legions Infantry Regiment and the remains of the Soviet Russian Red Army 16th Army group and 3rd Army troops in the city of Białystok, which were withdrawing from Warsaw. The confusion caused by the Soviet forces, which had been chased, since their defeat at Warsaw, crushed into the forces stationed in Białystok and caused a complete breakdown in Bolshevik forces.
| Battle of Białystok | |||||||
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| Part of the Polish–Soviet War | |||||||
Monument to Soldiers of the 1st Legions Infantry Regiment who died in the Battle of Białystok | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Russian SFSR | Poland | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Nikolai Sollogub |
Zygmunt Wenda August Emil Fieldorf Władysław Broniewski Józef Marjański | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| 16th Army | 1st Legions Infantry Regiment | ||||||
In the city, fighting took all day and covered the entire Białystok. Individual parts of the city repeatedly passed from Polish to Russian hands and backward. During the battle, several armored trains were used in combat.
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