Warsaw 1920

In 1920, at the entrance to Warsaw, one of the most important battles of the 20th century took place. At the time, the new Soviet state was completely dismembered and facing a brutal civil war. The best way to ensure the regime's survival was to export the Revolution to Germany. Between Russia and Germany lay Poland, a nation that had just regained its independence after more than a century of oppression and, still militarily and economically weak, found itself in a vulnerable situation. By mid-August, the Russians were just a few kilometers from Warsaw. That was when the "miracle of the Vistula" occurred: the Polish army, led by Józef Pilsudski, regrouped and achieved one of the most important victories in history. In this book, Adam Zamoyski describes this dramatic episode in detail.