Photos Polish-Soviet War 1919-1921

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Armoured train "Śmiały"

 

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Polish FT-17 tanks of the Polish 1st Tank Regiment during the Battle of Dyneburg

 

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Polish FT-17 tanks near Lviv, c. 1919

 

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Retreat of the 3rd Polish Army from Kiev. June 1920

 

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Polish Air Forces Breguet 14 stationed on the Kyiv airfield.

 

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Red army cavalry

 

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Cossack cavalry

 

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Communist militiamen in Eastern Poland, and the man at right carries a French Model 1916 Berthier rifle

 

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Soviet Tachanka: Mobile firepower for Bolshevik cavalry, the “Tachanka” used various wagons or carts pulled by a four-horse team to keep their Maxim guns on the move.

 

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Polish troops are seen in action with a German MG08 (7.92x57 mm Mauser) machine gun, and French Berthier Model 1916 carbines (8x50 mm Lebel).

 

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During the 1920 Soviet invasion, many Polish women served in combat roles. Here they pose with a Maxim PM M1910 machine gun (7.62x54 mm R) on a wheeled “Sokolov” mount. Many Maxim guns were captured from Bolshevik forces and used by the Poles.

 

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Even Polish children were in uniform. This 15-year-old served along with two battalions of teenage soldiers under Gen. Zielinkski.

 

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Bolshevik riflemen with M1891 Mosin Nagant rifles

 

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Polish militiamen (armed with M1891 Mosin-Nagant rifles)

 

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Polish troops in Warsaw, 1920.

 

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Soviet prisoners being escorted back to the Polish lines. Note two French Army officers in the background.

 

[uktabber]

Great pics, love the old stuff.......Thanks for posting!!

 

[NebrHogger]

The MG shown 1st pic down is an American made Colt/Marlin 1914 "potato digger".

 

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Had relatives fighting on the Polish side in this one.

 

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