Zimowa służba żołnierzy Wojska Polskiego na Litwie i Łotwie na przełomie 1919/1920 r.

Agnieszka Jędrzejewska

doi:10.18778/8220-055-3

Winter service of soldiers of the Polish Army in Lithuania and Latvia at the turn of 1919/1920

Agnieszka Jędrzejewska

Stowarzyszenie Historyków Wojskowości, Warszawa

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7748-2066 (unauthenticated)

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Armia kontra natura

Series: Faces of war

Pages: 173-185

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8220-055-3.12

Keywords: armia, wojny punickie, pospolite ruszenie, wielka wojna wschodnia, kampania rosyjska Napoleona, Guadalajara, konflikt wietnamski

Published: 11 September 2020

Categories: History, Open Access

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Winter is not the best time for miltary operations. It is necessary when political situation or international agreements are contained. In 1919 and 1920 Polish Army has served in Lithuania and Latvia in winter time. In Lithuania the soldiers have practiced patrol and garrison duty on polish-lithuanian border. In the same time other polish units have taken part in military operation in Latvia. There were the common features of these mission: winter, snow, low temperatures. In these circumstances the duty was much difficult. What else, the soldiers have fallen ill like cold and frost-bites.

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Jędrzejewska, Agnieszka. 2020. “Winter Service of Soldiers of the Polish Army in Lithuania and Latvia at the Turn of 1919 1920”. In Armia Kontra Natura, edited by Witold Jarno and Jarosław Kita, 1:173-85. Faces of War. Poland: Lodz University Press. https://doi.org/10.18778/8220-055-3.12.