The Battle of Daugavpils , or Battle of Dyneburg , or Operation Winter was the final battle during the Polish-Soviet War of 1919. A joint Polish and Latvian force, operating under Polish Staff orders known as "Operation Winter", attacked the Red Army garrison in Dunaburg, or Daugavpils , from 3 to 5 January 1920.
8-637: Operation Winter may refer to: Operation Winter (1920) , joint Polish and Latvian operation against the Red Army, culminating in the Battle of Daugavpils Operation Winter (South Africa) , an effort made by the South African Defence Force to recruit white members of Rhodesian counter-insurgency units following the country's transition to Zimbabwe in 1980 Operation Winter '94 , battle of
16-566: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Battle of Daugavpils From the Polish perspective, the battle was part of the Polish-Soviet War . In Latvia, it is considered to be part of Latvian War of Independence . The Polish commander of the 1st Legions Infantry Division and 3rd Legions Infantry Division , General (later Marshal ) Edward Rydz-Śmigły had been occupying
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32-520: The city and its surroundings took place under harsh weather conditions. The area was covered with more than 1 metre (3.3 ft) of snow and the temperature dropped below −25 °C (−13 °F), which permitted the Poles to cross the frozen Dvina. The Polish 3rd Legionary Division stormed the Daugavpils fortress, and the 1st Infantry Division attacked from the north. The Red Army garrison retreated to
40-489: The governments of Poland and Latvia . General Rydz-Śmigły was given the command over a small Operational Group composed of his 1st Legions Infantry Division , the 3rd Legions Infantry Division and several minor Latvian auxiliary forces. In addition, the force included Renault FT tanks of the 2nd company, 1st Tank Regiment, which was commanded by the French Captain Jean Dufour. The battle for
48-676: The left bank of the Dvina since August. The Latvian Foreign Minister had met with Pilsudski in Vilnius (then Wilno in Polish) in October 1919 and asked for assistance at Dunaburg. The Poles wanted to prevent the Soviet XVth and XVIth armies from consolidating at that juncture and readily agreed. A final agreement was reached on 30 December 1919, and a military alliance was signed between
56-605: The west, where it surrendered to the Latvians. On 5 January 1920, Dunaburg was turned over to the Latvian Republic. Interwar relations between Poland and Latvia were mostly good because of the battle although Latvia refused to join Poland in its continued struggle against Soviet Russia. Other problems that precluded the Polish and Latvian governments from expanding their relationship were opposition from Lithuania, which
64-706: Was hostile towards Poland after the Polish-Lithuanian War , and a dispute about six Latvian rural municipalities and the city of Grīva that had many Poles south of the Daugava River . Several forms of alliance were proposed by Poland, such as Latvia joining the Międzymorze , a federation led by Poland. However, Latvia chose instead to join the Baltic Entente . Polish-Lithuanian War Too Many Requests If you report this error to
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