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	Encyclopedia: Battle of Warsaw (1920) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Vistula –; Bereza Kartuska –; Wilno – 1st Minsk – Daugavpils – Kiev –; Wołodarka –; Lwów –; Berezina – Warsaw –; Raszyn –; Nasielsk – Serock – Radzymin –; Zadwórze –; Komarów –; Niemen –; Zboiska – 2nd Minsk
		The Battle of Warsaw (sometimes referred to as the Miracle at the Vistula, Polish Cud nad Wisłą) was the decisive battle of the Polish-Bolshevik War (also known as the Polish-Soviet War), the war that began soon after the end of World War I in 1918 and lasted until the Treaty of Riga in 1921.
		The Battle of Warsaw was fought between 13 and 25 August, 1920, as Red Army forces commanded by Mikhail Tukhachevski approached the Polish capital of Warsaw and the nearby Modlin Fortress.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Warsaw-(1920) (8670 words)

	Polish-Soviet War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Battle of Warsaw or Miracle at Vistula, the decisive battle of the war.
		Sporadic battles erupted between Polish forces and the Red Army, but the latter was preoccupied with the Russian Civil War and White Russian conterrevolutionary forces and were slowly but steadily retreating on the entire western frontline, from Latvia in the north to Ukraine in the south.
		Graves of Polish soldiers fallen in the Battle of Warsaw, Powązki Cemetery, Warsaw.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Russian-Polish_War (6391 words)

	Encyclopedia: Polish-Soviet war (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Battle of Warsaw Conflict Polish-Bolshevik War Date 13 to August 25, 1920 Place near Warsaw, Poland Result Decisive Polish victory The Battle of Warsaw (sometimes referred to as the Miracle at the Vistula, Polish Cud nad Wisłą) was the decisive battle of the Polish-Bolshevik War (also known as...
		Battle of Daugavpils (otherwise known as the Battle of Dyneburg) was the final battle of the joint Polish and Latvian Operation Winter against the Red Army.
		Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Polish_Soviet-war (10986 words)

	Polish-Soviet War - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Sporadic battles erupted between Polish forces and the Red Army, but the latter was preoccupied with the Russian Civil War and White Russian conterrevolutionary forces and were slowly but steadily retreating.
		Before the Battle of Warsaw the 1st Legions Infantry Division comprised three regiments, one of which was armed with German Mauser rifles, a second with French Lebel rifles (carbines), while the third used Russian Mosin rifles.
		On August 31 Budionny's cavalry finally broke off their siege of Lwów and attempted to come to the aid of Russian forces retreating from Warsaw, but were intercepted, encircled and defeated by Polish cavalry at the Battle of Komarów near Zamość, the greatest cavalry battle since 1813 (and one of the last cavalry battles ever).
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /polish-soviet_war.htm (10265 words)

	Polish-Soviet War - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In the ensuing Battle of Warsaw, the Polish 5th Army under General Władysław Sikorski threw back the Russian forces near the Wkra River, and on August 16 the Polish counteroffensive reached the rear of Tukhachevsky's army, which was encircled on August 18.
		On August 31 Budionny's Cavalry Army, attempting to come to the aid of Russian forces near Warsaw, was defeated and encircled by Polish cavalry at Komarów, in the greatest cavalry battle since 1813 (and one of the last cavalry battles ever).
		Battle of Raszyn, Battle of Nasielsk, Battle of Radzymin (August 14-August 15, 1920)
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Polish-Bolshevik_War (1100 words)

	ISCIP - The NIS Observed: Analytical Review - 18 April 2001
		Media-MOST's lost battle for independence has finally climaxed and while current Western and Russian media coverage seems to indicate that NTV is dying with a bang, in actuality it has already passed with only a pathetic whimper.
		Daugavpils Television (DTV) Director Vasilijs Semjonovs told the Baltic News Service that town council officials and municipal police officers arrived at the television station on 3 April and confiscated equipment the council previously had agreed to lend to the station.
		Daugavpils television is not the only media outlet in the predominantly Russian-speaking town in eastern Latvia that has experienced attempts at control by the authorities.
	www.bu.edu /iscip/digest/vol6/ed0607.html (8591 words)

	Poola (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The battle dragged on, the death toll among the civilians increased, there lacked food, water and medicines.
		From the battle of Lenino till the combat over Elba and in Saxony 17 500 soldiers were killed, almost 10 000 were considered to be MIA.
		Some partial data is available only for a few battles: at Lenino 1800 Germans were killed, wounded or taken prisoner, in the tank battle at Studzianki the Germans lost 20 tanks and self-propelled guns and 1500 soldiers, at Wał Pomorski 2300 killed.
	www.poola.info /eng/cat-443 (6077 words)

	Latvian Relations :: The History of Riga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In 1198, a battle took place at the Hill of Riga, in which the Liv Imants killed German Bishop Bertold.
		Riga was forced to surrender again after the battles of 1489-1491.
		From 1917 to 1919 Riga was the object of many a battle, being ruled alternately by the German army under von der Goltz, by the Social Democrats, then again by the Germans under Pavil Bermondt-Awalow.
	www.lettonica.info /relations/history/riga (1193 words)

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		I presume for these battles, no searching is necessary for both sides to join the battle, they can just fly there (except for when one side is Surprised in an interception naval battle).
		Usually an initial tank battle with 5 units in is split up into more tank battles or units are left back on the pursuit way as flank protection.
		Meaning that a tank battle occurs in hex "A" within the range of bombers and fighters that are supporting the attack.
	www.grognard.com /errata1/empires2.doc (12880 words)

	Kiev Offensive (1920) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		After winning the battle in the South, the Polish General Staff planned a speedy withdrawal of the 3rd Army and strengthening of the northern front where Piłsudski expected the main battle with the Red Army to take place.
		However, repeated attacks by the elite Budionny's cossack cavalry broke the Polish Ukrainian front on June 5th and on June 10th Polish armies were retreating along the entire front.
		The following is the Order of Battle of Polish and Bolshevik forces taking part in the struggles in Ukraine, as of April 25, 1920.
	toshare.dynup.net /en/Kiev_Offensive_%281920%29.htm (967 words)

	History Forum -> World War I - Introduction for beginners
		In the First Battle of the Marne, which took place on September 6-9, the French halted the advance of Kluck's army, which had outdistanced the other two German armies and could not obtain their support.
		The Battle of Flanders marked the conclusion of the war of movement or fighting in the open on the western front.
		In addition to the Battle of Tannenberg, notable battles on this front during 1914-1915, centred on Masuria were the First Battle of the Masurian Lakes (September 7-14, 1914), and the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes (February 7-21, 1915), both German victories.
	www.simaqianstudio.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=1275 (3545 words)

	Military History Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It was a battle between the British on one side and the combined navies of France and Spain on the other.
		All three are what historians apparently term "set battles" but each called upon its participants to face death, or glory, or simply the esteem of their neighbor, in different ways.
		Documentation on the battle overflows and menace to drown the historian.
	www.e-book-store.com /History/Military_History/Military_History_6.html (11289 words)

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		He was a distinguished warrior who served three Polish Kings and fought with King John Sobieski of Poland in the Battle for the relief of Vienna in 1683.
		After the arrival in Lithuania of General Chlapowski, where he organised the detachments into the regular army, Emilia was mentioned as Commander of the 1st Company of the 1st Lithuanian Regiment, known later as the 25th Infantry Regiment of the Line.
		Emilia distinguished herself in battles at Kowno and Szawle and she was given the rank of Captain in the field.
	www.angelfire.com /de/broel (4059 words)

	Hitler's Reichstag speech of December 11, 1941
		On 9 August in the battle of Uman, another 103,000 Soviet Russian prisoners of war were taken, and 317 tanks and 1,100 artillery pieces were either destroyed or captured.
		The battle to break through the central area of the Eastern front began on 2 October, while the battle of the Azov Sea was successfully completed on 11 October.
		The battle to break through the center of the Eastern front that had begun on 2 October ended on 18 October with a success that is unique in world history.
	www.ihr.org /jhr/v08/v08p389_Hitler.html (11245 words)

	flag of Jekabpils (Latvia) flags
		In 1626 severe battles took place between Swedish and Polish troops around Krustpils Castle.
		The Poles won the battle, however it took two centuries for the people of Krustpils to restore the damage caused.
		Jekabpils was formed in the middle of the 17th century as a settlement (the so-called Sloboda) of the persecuted Old Believers from Russia near Sala Pub on the left bank of the Daugava.
	www.flags-of-the-world.net /flags/lv-jkp.html (287 words)

	Sergei V. Abaulin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		By November of 1943, 800 cadets and I were sent to the 119th Division, which after a brutal battle was reinforced in Tula with personnel and equipment.
		Throughout the many combat operations, it was necessary for us to complete many 50-60 kilometer foot marches in a 24-hour period, and then join battle from the march.
		Through these three days of battle - both in the daytime and the night - we fired on the enemy at the hill designated on the maps as number 173.1.
	www.iremember.ru /artillerymen/abaulin/abaulin.htm (1458 words)

	Dauphin Island - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Dauphin Island
		Passing through Spanish and British hands later in the 18th century, it was captured by the USA in 1813.
		Fort Gaines (1822), on the east end of the island, was occupied by the Confederacy from 1861 until the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864.
		Current residential development followed the opening of a bridge from the mainland in 1954.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Dauphin%20Island (169 words)

	Second World War (1940-1944)
		Hitler and Himmler were captured in their bunker by French African commandos on the last day of the battle.
		The most spectacular battle was the Battle of the Coral Sea, from the 17th to the 19th of June, around the Solomon Islands, where an Anglo-Australian aeronaval force destroyed the Japanese carrier fleet that had been poised to support an invasion of south New Guinea and northeast Australia.
		The systematic destruction of infrastructure and industrial plants by Greater Germany as it retreated from its conquests left the Soviet and Polish economies reeling, and cities as far apart as Metz, Leyden, Daugavpils, and Kazan' were destroyed.
	www.ahtg.net /TpA/ww2.html (4052 words)

	AAR DitN
		The pocket north of the battle group diverts some forces and this slows the advance.
		The battle of Murmansk is over and The Gebirgs Corps is now on the defence for the rest of the game.
		By T45 Nvgrd is Russian and the Germans are in retreat, the lake has frozen and the newly arrived 2 Ud A is railed to north of the lake as a larger strategic-attack shows itself.
	www.tdg.nu /articles/AARs/DitN%20AAR.htm (6688 words)

	Powell's Books - Luftwaffe Rudder Markings 1936-1945 by Karl Ries and Ernst Obermaier
		In the middle of the Battle of Britain, Hrabak was given command of II./JG 54, and after the end of the battle he was awarded the Knight's Cross on 21 October 1940 with 16 victories.
		On 15 September 1940, the climax of the battle, Bob's aircraft was hit in the radiator and began to overheat.
		His tactic was incorporated into Luftwaffe pilot training and dubbed "Bobbing." Bob had 18 victories by the end of the Battle of Britain, and he was awarded the Knight's Cross on 7 March 1941 with a total of 19 victories.
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	LitvakSIG - Expulsion of Jews from Lithuania in the spring of 1915 (the case of Zeimelis) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Subsequent battles for a while took on the character of positioning.
		There were no battles in the village, and its houses did not suffer at all from military action.
		The most famous example of this fromWorld War II was the Battle of the Bulge, when in December 1944 the Germans mounted a last-gasp offensive through the Ardennes Forest in Belgium in an attempt to reach the English Channel and sever the northern from southern front of the Allies.
	www.jewishgen.org /Litvak/expulsion.htm (6284 words)

	Achtung Panzer! - Otto Carius!
		Following training, he was assigned to the 21st Panzer Regiment and experienced his first battle as a loader on a Panzer 38(t) during the "Barbarossa" operation in June of 1941.
		In June of 1944, the company was transferred to Dunaburg (Daugavpils in Latvia) to defend the city from a concentrated Russian offensive.
		Its silhouette was somewhat similar to the German King Tiger and Carius was confused at first but after hesitating a bit, he fired and JS-1 burst into flames.
	www.achtungpanzer.com /gen4.htm (809 words)

	Arins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Arins attended secondary school in Daugavpils (German Dünaburg, Russian Dvinsk) which is a city in southeastern Latvia on the Western Daugava River.
		In 1929 Arins graduated from the school in Daugavpils and he entered the University of Latvia in Riga in 1930.
		In 1944 the Soviet army again marched into Latvia and in October of that year, after the Soviet army defeated German forces in a battle for Riga, a renewed period of Soviet domination began.
	www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk /Mathematicians/Arins.html (786 words)

	BookBest: History - Military - World War II - Personal Narratives
		The majority of the book covers the battle for Wingen-sur-Molders.Zoepf goes about telling his story in an excellent manner.He describes the tactics, shortcomings, strengths, and differences in command structure of both German and American forces during the battle.
		The stories of soldiers from both sides during this battle is what tells the story so well.It is they, and their courage Mr.
		The respect amongst veterans of the units who participated in the battle is so strong, the one time enemies are now friends and have celebrated together several times.
	history.bookbest.com /node/military/personal-narratives/942993.html (7468 words)

	Online Holocaust Memorial
		Hitler's only setback was the failure of his attempt to bomb Britain into submission, which was thwarted during the Battle of Britain.
		Here they were defeated at the Battle of Stalingrad, the first major defeat of Germany.
		After the battle of Stalingrad, widely regarded as the turning point of WW II, his military decisions became increasingly erratic, and Germany's military and economic position deteriorated.
	holocaustmemorial.blogspot.com (5186 words)

	IM Oleg Krivonosov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		After a good training in the Daugavpils chess club I have received a so called "first grade" already in 1974.
		And we all know computers are used in correspondence chess.
		Thus I feel I am able to face any computer in a battle as I haven't lost to any computer till this time.
	www.rebel.nl /krivo.htm (498 words)

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		Thus, the Germans occupied Dvinsk/ Daugavpils on the 18th, Dorpat on the 24th, Reval/Tallinn and Pskov on the 25th, heading towards Petrograd.
		Under the pressure of these events, there followed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk on 28 February 1918 and a separate peace was concluded with Russia on 3rd March.
		Actions: after a short battle, it entered Kamenets-Podol'skii on 28 February 1918 and, with its forward echelons, reached the Novaya Ushitsa line on 1st March, careful1y securing the railway lines then.
	membres.lycos.fr /dgrecu/AUtxt.Htm (3479 words)

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