The Battle of Warsaw: Celebrating the Centennial of a Polish Victory

Upon its reemergence as an independent nation (an outcome of World War I), a reconstituted Poland immediately faced an existential challenge from Moscow.

Polish defense near Milosna, in the village of Janki, in August 1920. Public domain

This month marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most important military engagements of the 20th century. It will be celebrated in Poland, the country that won it decisively.

The losing country, Vladimir Lenin’s nightmarish gulag known as the Soviet Union, is thankfully extinct. Free people everywhere should be grateful to the Poles for the victory.