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Name: Polish-Lithuanian War

Type: Event

Start: 1920 AD

End: 1920 AD

Parent: Lithuanian War of Independence

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Was a war between newly-independent Lithuania and Poland following World War I.

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  • August 1920: The 1st Polish Infantry Regiment assaulted the Lithuanian defenders of the city of Augustów by surprise and disarmed a company of the 10th Lithuanian Infantry Regiment, securing control of the town.
  • August 1920: Polish Colonel Nieniewski entered the city of Suwałki with his soldiers.
  • January 1920: On October 7, 1920, an agreement was signed by Poland and Lithuania, establishing a truce, known as the Suwałki Agreement: it temporarily accepted the Foch Line.
  • July 1920: Augustów conquered by RSFSR.
  • August 1920: Knowing that the Polish Army was busy preparing for the Battle of the Nemunas River, the Lithuanian authorities decided to capture the city of Augustów, an event which took place on August 26.
  • September 1920: Polish forces retreated from Sejny further south.
  • September 1920: The Lithuanian army reached Augustów.
  • September 1920: The Lithuanian forces advancing from Sejny were routed and Augustów again fell into Polish hands.
  • September 1920: Polish forces recaptured Sejny.
  • September 1920: End of the Polish-Lithuanian War.
  • September 1920: Sejny is acquired by Poland at the end of the Polish-Lithuanian War.
  • August 1920: Lithuanians conquered Suwalki.
  • August 1920: On August 31, Sejny was conquered by the Polish army.

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