Battle Of The Niemen River Article Index for
Battle Of
Website Links For
Battle
 

Information About

Battle Of The Niemen River




  caption Battle of the Niemen Allegorical painting by Wojciech Kossak
  partof Polish-Bolshevik War
  date September 15 - September 25 , 1920
  place near Grodno , along the Niemen River
  result Decisive Polish victory
  combatant1 Russia
  combatant2 Poland
  commander1 Mikhail Tukhachevsky
  commander2 Józef Piłsudski
  strength1 ~100,000 on the Western Front (September 1)
  strength2 96,300 (September 15)
  casualties1 uncertain, at least 40,000 POWs


  { Border "1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 85% border: gray solid 1px border-collapse: collapse text-align: center"