![]() ![]() The Polish Renault FTs prior to the Battle of Daugavpils. During this period, Poland also had a war with Ukranian proto-states (November 1918 – July 1919), border clashes with the newly formed Czechoslovakia (January 1919) and Lithuania (1919-1920), an involvement in the Latvian War of Independence (1919-1920), and some involvement in the Silesian Uprisings in Polish speaking parts of Germany. While he would leave his political career after the war, he remained highly active in the military circles. During this war, Józef Piłsudski, who was a skilled military commander and a politician, proved himself as one of the chief figures in Poland. In 1919, Poland would be invaded by the Bolsheviks in the so-called Russo-Polish War that lasted up to 1920. In the general chaos that arose in Eastern Europe after the collapse of the Russian and Austro-Hungarian monarchies, Poland’s existence was almost immediately threatened by foreign forces. Polnischer Panzerkampfwagen T-39 (Fake Tank)įollowing the end of the First World War, Poland, with the support of the victorious Western powers, managed to obtain its independence.Kahn’s Obstacle Ball / Rolling Fortress ‘Tank’.Pudel & Felek – Polish Panthers in the Warsaw Uprising. ![]()
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