"The Battle of Komarów" Topic
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Tango01 | 12 Oct 2014 11:00 p.m. PST |
"During the Soviet-Polish War, which burst into active life in 1920, large cavalry units played very important roles for both sides. Budënniy's 1st Horse Army1 (the Konnaya Armiya) and Gai Khan's KavKor spearheaded the Soviet advance: only for both forces to end up in fairly ignominious retreat. The Polish cavalry was also important, but the Poles' decisive battles were won largely without them – the defence of Warsaw, Piłsudski's right hook on the Vistula and the Battle of the Niemen were led by infantry. Moreover, for a variety of reasons the opposing cavalry virtually never fought each other. Initially Budënniy wrecked the Polish cavalry after his break-through near Kiev and after that the only occasion they met in any numbers was 31 August 1920. I suspect the status that this last battle has in Poland has as much to do with its "proof" that Polish cavalry was better than Soviet cavalry (the mauling in Ukraine being studiously ignored) as it has to do with any real importance to the campaign. Certainly all sorts of ridiculous assertions are made regarding it. Here is a typical description of what Poles call the "Battle of Komarów", also known as Cześniki, part of the combats associated with the "Zamość Ring":…" Full artaicle here link Amicalement Armand |
goragrad | 13 Oct 2014 4:15 p.m. PST |
Well, that is a different view. I have read some other accounts that i presume he is attempting to rebut. As usual, without having been there… |
Mark Plant | 16 Oct 2014 11:15 p.m. PST |
And I presume you prefer the nationalistic Polish accounts? As usual, without having been there … If you have a better argument, by all means bring it on. If you can only be snide without any sort actual evidence, then you can safely be ignored. |
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