Battle Of Niemen
Battle of Niemen, Neman, Nemunas or the Niemen may refer to: * Battle of Darsūniškis, Great Northern War, 1702 * French invasion of Russia, Napoleonic Wars, 1812 * Battle of Augustów (1914) (25–28 September), World War I * Battle of the Niemen River, Polish-Soviet War, 1920 * Battle of the Niemen River (1944) (Vilnius Offensive), World War II, 1944 See also * Battle of Grodno (other) * Battle of Memel (other) The Battle of Memel or Battle of Klaipėda might refer to: * Battle of Memel (1257) between the Samogitians and the Livonian Order * Battle of Memel (1323) between the Samogitians and the Livonian Order *Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf (1757), between ...

Battle Of Darsūniškis
The Battle of Darsūniškis took place on March 24, 1702 near the town of Darsūniškis (Polish: Dorsuniszki) during the Swedish invasion of Poland in the Great Northern War. The Swedish army of about 240 men under the command of Alexander Hummerhielm was defeated by the Polish–Saxon army of 6,000 men under Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki. Prelude After having Crossed the Düna the victorious Swedish army occupied all of Courland where after they began their campaign against Polish–Lithuanian mainland in the winter of 1701–1702. Charles XII of Sweden was determined to end the hostiles between the Saxon and Polish armies before starting an invasion of Russia and so he sent his Vanguard of Alexander Hummerhielm to seize footholds in Lithuania before the arrival of the main army. On March 22, 1702 general Hummerhielm marched out of Kaunas to collect six cannons previously taken from the Lithuanian army after a fierce skirmish near the Jieznas castle. The Swedish infantry c ...
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French Invasion Of Russia
The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign, the Second Polish War, the Army of Twenty nations, and the Patriotic War of 1812 was launched by Napoleon Bonaparte to force the Russian Empire back into the continental blockade of the United Kingdom. Napoleon's invasion of Russia is one of the best studied military campaigns in history and is listed among the most lethal military operations in world history. It is characterized by the massive toll on human life: in less than six months nearly a million soldiers and civilians died. On 24 June 1812 and the following days, the first wave of the multinational crossed the Niemen into Russia. Through a series of long forced marches, Napoleon pushed his army of almost half a million people rapidly through Western Russia, now Belarus, in an attempt to destroy the separated Russian armies of Barclay de Tolly and Pyotr Bagration who amounted to around 180,000–220,000 at this time. Within six weeks, Napoleon lost ha ...
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Battle Of Augustów (1914)
The Battle of Augustów or First Augustow operation was a battle on the Eastern Front of the First World War. It was fought between the Russian Empire and the German Empire in September 1914. Prelude Following the retreat of the Russian 2th army in the Battle of Tannenberg, Russian forces found themselves defending the parameter of Augustów. The 10th army set up position at the bank of the Neman river. Due to the outbreak of the battle for Warsaw, the command of the Northwestern front The Northwestern Front (Russian: ''Северо-Западный фронт'') was a military formation of the Red Army during the Winter War and World War II. It was operational with the 7th and 13th Armies during the Winter War. It was re-cre ... decided to conduct an operation in order to secure the rear of the main army. The Russians pulled here the reserves of the 10th army, consisting of 9 infantry and 1.5 cavalry divisions. They were opposed by General Schubert's 8th Army, which ...
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Battle Of The Niemen River
The Battle of the Niemen River (sometimes referred to as the Second Battle of Grodno) was the second-greatest battle of the Polish–Soviet War. It took place near the middle Neman River between the cities of Suwałki, Grodno and Białystok. After suffering almost complete defeat in the Battle of Warsaw (1920), Battle of Warsaw (August 1920), Mikhail Tukhachevsky's Red Army forces tried to establish a defensive line, against Józef Piłsudski's counter-attacking Polish Army, running northward from the Polish-Lithuanian border to Polesie, and centering on Grodno. Between September 15 and September 25, 1920, the Poles outflanked the Soviets, once again defeating them. After the mid-October Battle of the Szczara River, the Polish Army had reached the Tarnopol-Dubno-Minsk-Drissa line. Although this part of the conflict is usually referred to as a battle both in Polish and Russian historiography, some historians argue that it was more of a military operation with a series of battles ...
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Battle Of Grodno (other)
Battle of Grodno may refer to: * Battle of Grodno (1706), during the Great Northern War * Battle of Grodno (1708), also during the Great Northern War * First Battle of Grodno (1920), a Polish tank counter-attack during the Polish-Soviet War * Battle of the Niemen River of 1920, sometimes referred to as the Second Battle of Grodno * Battle of Grodno (1939) The Battle of Grodno took place between 20 September and 22 September 1939, during the Soviet invasion of Poland.Zaloga, S.J., 2002, Poland 1939, Oxford: Osprey Publishing Ltd., It was fought between improvised Polish units under Gen. Wacław P ...