The Battle of Radzymin, a key part of what later became known as the
Battle of Warsaw, took place during the Polish–Soviet War (1919–21).
The battle occurred near the town of Radzymin, some 20 kilometres
(12 mi) north-east of Warsaw, between August 13 and 16, 1920. The first
phase began with a frontal assault by the Red Army on the Praga
bridgehead. The Soviet forces captured Radzymin on August 14 and
breached the lines of the 1st Polish Army, which was defending Warsaw
from the east. Radzymin changed hands several times in heavy fighting.
The Russians wanted to break through the Polish defences to Warsaw,
while the Polish aim was to defend the area long enough for a two-
pronged counteroffensive to outflank the attacking forces. After three
days of intense fighting, the corps-sized 1st Polish Army under General
Franciszek Latinik managed to repel a direct assault by six Red Army
rifle divisions at Radzymin and Ossów. The struggle for control of
Radzymin forced General Józef Haller, commander of the Polish Northern
Front, to start the 5th Army's counterattack earlier than planned.
Radzymin was recaptured on August 15, and this victory proved to be one
of the turning points of the Battle of Warsaw.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Radzymin_(1920)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1905:
In support of the December Uprising in Moscow, the Council of
Workers' Deputies of Kiev stage a mass uprising, establishing the
Shuliavka Republic in the city.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuliavka_Republic>
1920:
Irish War of Independence: Following an Irish Republican Army
ambush of a British Auxiliary patrol in Cork, British forces burned and
looted numerous buildings in the city.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burning_of_Cork>
1972:
Apollo 17 (insignia pictured), the last Apollo moon mission,
landed on the Moon.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_17>
1981:
Salvadoran Civil War: About 900 civilians were killed by the
Salvadoran armed forces in an anti-guerrilla campaign.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Mozote_massacre>
2006:
The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the
Holocaust opened in Tehran "to provide an appropriate scientific
atmosphere for scholars to offer their opinions in freedom about a
historical issue", but was criticised worldwide as a "meeting of
Holocaust deniers".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Conference_to_Review_the_Global_Vision_of_the_Holocaust>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
stigmatize:
(transitive) To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with
a stigma or stigmata.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stigmatize>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Existence is a mystery, and one should accept it as a mystery and not
pretend to have any explanation. No, explanation is not needed — only
exclamation, a wondering heart, awakened, surprised, feeling the mystery
of life each moment. Then, and only then, you know what truth is. And
truth liberates.
--Osho
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bhagwan_Shree_Rajneesh>