Józef Klemens Piłsudski was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State and first Marshal of Poland. In the aftermath of World War I, he became an increasingly dominant figure in Polish politi
Piłsudski, c. 1920s
Piłsudski and his staff in Kielce, 12 August 1914
Portrait of Brigadier General Józef Piłsudski, by Jacek Malczewski, 1916
The Polish–Soviet War was fought primarily between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, following World War I and the Russian Revolution.
Józef Piłsudski
…independence, until 1922. From 1919 to 1921 he commanded Polish forces in six wars that re-defined the country's borders. On the verge of defeat in the Polish–Soviet War in August 1920, his forces repelled the invading Soviet Russians at the Battle of Warsaw. In 1923, with a government dominated by his opponents, in…
Top left: Polish FT-17 tanks of the 1st Tank Regiment during the Battle of Dyneburg, January 1920 Top right: Polish Schwarzlose M.07/12 machine gun nest during the Battle of Radzymin, August 1920 Lower top left: Polish troops enter Kiev, May 1920 Middle: Polish defences with a M1895/14 machine gun position near Miłosna, during the Battle of Warsaw, August 1920 Bottom left: Russian prisoners following the Battle of Warsaw Bottom right: Polish defences in Belarus during the
General Józef Haller swearing for the Polish flag when he was nominated to command the Blue Army