Battle of Warsaw

Battle of Warsaw can refer to:

  • Siege of Warsaw (1656), Warsaw retaken by Poles from Swedes on June 30, 1656, during The Deluge
  • Battle of Warsaw (1656), battle outside the city on July 18-July 20, 1656, during The Deluge, following which Warsaw is captured by Swedes for the second time
  • Battle of Warsaw (1705), fought on July 31, 1705 during the Great Northern War
  • Warsaw Uprising (1794), better known as the Insurrection of Warsaw, during the early stages of the Kościuszko Uprising
  • Battle of Warsaw (1794), during the Kościuszko Uprising
  • Battle of Warsaw (1831), during the November Uprising
  • Battle of the Vistula River (1914), during World War I, also known as the Battle of Warsaw
  • Battle of Warsaw (1915), during World War I
  • Battle of Warsaw (1920), during the Polish-Soviet War
  • Battle of Warsaw (1939), siege of Warsaw during the Invasion of Poland, at the outset of World War II
  • Battle of Warsaw (1944), better known as the Warsaw Uprising
  • Battle of Warsaw (1945), part of Vistula–Oder Offensive

Other battles fought in the vicinity of Warsaw that are known under different names:

  • Battle of Warka, during The Deluge
  • Battle of Raszyn (1809), during the Polish-Austrian War, part of the Napoleonic Wars with the Fifth Coalition
  • Battle of Olszynka Grochowska, during the November Uprising
  • First Battle of Wawer, during the November Uprising
  • Battle of Raszyn (1920), during the Battle of Warsaw (1920)
  • Battle of Radzymin (1920), during the Battle of Warsaw (1920)
  • Battle of Radzymin (1944), during the Warsaw Uprising, a clash between Soviet and German tank armies

Famous quotes containing the word battle:

    Napoleon said of Massena, that he was not himself until the battle began to go against him; then, when the dead began to fall in ranks around him, awoke his powers of combination, and he put on terror and victory as a robe.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)