BATTLE // May 15, 1920
Battle of Berezina
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Overview
The Second Battle of Berezina was fought on 15 May 1920 around the Berezina in the Polish-Soviet war. It ended indecisively.
Overview adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Significance
The structured facts list this engagement as part of the Polish–Soviet War of 1919–1921, fought on May 15, 1920, under commanders including Tukhachevsky, Kork, Sosnkowski, and Skierski. However, the supplied overview describes a wholly different engagement — the November 1812 crossing of the Berezina River during Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, involving the Grande Armée and the Imperial Russian Army. Because the overview does not correspond to the listed battle, no grounded significance can be written for the May 1920 engagement. Insufficient source material has been provided to characterize this battle's role in the Polish–Soviet War, its effect on the campaign, or what it decided.
Commanders (4)
Poland
Kazimierz SosnkowskiGeneral of the branch
Leonard Skierskidivisional general
Russian SFSR
August Korkgeneral
Mikhail TukhachevskyMarshal of the Soviet Union
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