Latvian War of Independence
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The Latvian War of Independence, sometimes called Latvia's freedom battles or the Latvian War of Liberation, was a series of military conflicts in Latvia between 5 December 1918, after the newly procl
The North Latvian Brigade entering Riga in 1919
Soldiers mobilized by the Provisional Government of Latvia marching along Jūras Street in Limbaži in 1919
Signing of the Latvian-Soviet Russian Peace Treaty in Riga, 1920
Currency issued by the Latvian Provisional Government in 1918–19
West Russian Volunteer Army
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The West Russian Volunteer Army or Bermontians was a pro-German White Russian military formation in Latvia and Lithuania during the Russian Civil War from November 1918 to December 1919.
Latvian War of Independence
…be divided into several stages: Soviet offensive of 1918–1919, German-Latvian liberation of Kurzeme and Riga, Estonian-Latvian liberation of Vidzeme, Bermontian offensive, and Latvian-Polish liberation of Latgale. The war involved Latvia (its provisional government supported by Estonia, Poland and the Western…
The only surviving flag of the West Russian Volunteer Army
Bermontians' planes captured by the Lithuanian Army near Radviliškis