
10.90- The Polish Soviet War
Revolutions
00:00
Lenin's War on Poland
In late april 19 20, just as general denikin was boarding a british destroyer to leave russia forever, pilsuski ordered his forces to launch a daring raid through western ukraine. Their forces marched into kiev on may seventh and captured the city in two days. But though the capture of kiev was surprising, the communists did not draw the conclusion pilsski hoped they would. And next week, the red army will rapidly regroup and turn the tables. We are going to pick up this story in two weeks, as i'm taking next week off to travel home for a family visit. When we come back in two weeks,. we will talk
Transcript
Play full episode