Battle of Warsaw
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Battle of Warsaw can refer to:
Other battles fought in the vicinity of Warsaw that are known under different names:
- Siege of Warsaw (1656)Siege of Warsaw (1656)The Siege of Warsaw was fought on June 30, 1656, between Poland and Sweden. The Swedes had previously captured the Polish capital and the Polish attempted to retake it. They were successful, but later lost it for a second time in a battle held that July....
, Warsaw retaken by Poles from Swedes on June 30, 1656, during The Deluge - Battle of Warsaw (1656)Battle of Warsaw (1656)The Battle of Warsaw was a battle which took place near Warsaw on , between the armies of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth on the one hand and of Sweden and Brandenburg on the other. It was a major battle in the Second Northern War between Poland and Sweden in the period 1655–1660, also known as...
, battle outside the city on July 18-July 20, 1656, during The Deluge, following which Warsaw is captured by Swedes for the second time - Battle of Warsaw (1705)Battle of Warsaw (1705)The Battle of Warsaw took place on 31 July 1705 near Warsaw. Swedish forces under Carl Nieroth defeated the Polish-Lithuanian-Saxonian forces under Otto Arnold von Paykull.-Background:...
, fought on July 31, 1705 during the Great Northern War - Warsaw Uprising (1794)Warsaw Uprising (1794)The Warsaw Uprising of 1794 was an armed Polish insurrection by the city's populace early in the Kościuszko Uprising. Supported by the Polish Army, it aimed to throw off Russian control of the Polish capital city...
, better known as the Insurrection of Warsaw, during the early stages of the Kościuszko Uprising - Battle of Warsaw (1794), during the Kościuszko Uprising
- Battle of Warsaw (1831)Battle of Warsaw (1831)The Battle of Warsaw was fought in September 1831 between Imperial Russia and Poland. The Russians were led by Ivan Paskevich, while the Polish were led by Jan Krukowiecki. The Russians captured the Polish capital, Warsaw, crushing the November Uprising, which had begun in late 1830....
, during the November Uprising - Battle of the Vistula RiverBattle of the Vistula RiverThe Battle of the Vistula River, also known as the Battle of Warsaw, was a Russian victory against the German Empire on the Eastern Front during the First World War.-Background:...
(1914), during World War I, also known as the Battle of Warsaw - Battle of Warsaw (1915), during World War I
- Battle of Warsaw (1920)Battle of Warsaw (1920)The Battle of Warsaw sometimes referred to as the Miracle at the Vistula, was the decisive battle of the Polish–Soviet War. That war began soon after the end of World War I in 1918 and lasted until the Treaty of Riga resulted in the end of the hostilities between Poland and Russia in 1921.The...
, during the Polish-Soviet War - Battle of Warsaw (1939), siege of Warsaw during the Invasion of Poland, at the outset of World War II
- Battle of Warsaw (1944), better known as the Warsaw Uprising
Other battles fought in the vicinity of Warsaw that are known under different names:
- Battle of WarkaBattle of WarkaThe Battle of Warka on April 7, 1656 between forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth commanded by Stefan Czarniecki on one side, and on the other Swedish forces commanded by Friedrich of Baden. Battle was fought for about two hours. Polish forces won the battle....
, during The Deluge - Battle of Raszyn (1809)Battle of Raszyn (1809)The first Battle of Raszyn was fought on April 19, 1809 between armies of the Austrian Empire and the Duchy of Warsaw as a part of the War of the Fifth Coalition in the Napoleonic Wars. The Austrian army was defeated....
, during the Polish-Austrian War, part of the Napoleonic Wars with the Fifth Coalition - Battle of Olszynka GrochowskaBattle of Olszynka GrochowskaBattle of Olszynka Grochowska was the largest battle of the November Uprising and biggest friction in Europe since the battle of Waterloo. It was fought between the armies of Poland and Russia on February 25 in the woods near Grochów, at the eastern outskirts of Warsaw.- Before the battle :The...
, during the November Uprising - Battle of Wawer, during the November Uprising
- Battle of Raszyn (1920), during the Battle of Warsaw (1920)
- Battle of Radzymin (1920)Battle of Radzymin (1920)The Battle of Radzymin took place during the Polish-Soviet War. The battle occurred in the area around the town of Radzymin, some north-east of Warsaw, between August 13 and 16, 1920. Along with the Battle of Ossów and the Polish counter-offensive from the Wieprz River area, the battle was one of...
, during the Battle of Warsaw (1920) - Battle of Radzymin (1944)Battle of Radzymin (1944)The Battle of Radzymin was one of a series of engagements between the Red Army's 1st Byelorussian Front and the Wehrmacht Heer's XXXIXth Panzer Corps that occurred as part of the Lublin-Brest Offensive between August 1 and August 10, 1944 at the conclusion of the Belorussian strategic offensive...
, during the Warsaw Uprising, a clash between Soviet and German tank armies