Armies of the Russo-Polish War 1919–21 (Men-at-Arms, 497) Paperback – November 18, 2014

It is about time this war in history is available for people to read about, Very few American's know about this war and todays generation does not care either way. However if you like history this book is worth buying on this rare topic of the Polish Russian war 1919-1921 . Very nice color plates and basic but not complete battles that took place. And the surprising amount of nations fighting during this war Polish , Russians , Ukrainians, etc. Even American volunteers to help Poland fight the Russians. Poland won this war against Russia and saved Europe from Communism at this time in history. There were many battles during this war and the Cavalry was a major force on both sides unlike the first world war in the West which played a very minor role . In the East the Cavalry ruled the battlefield , yes even in 1920 with excellent success in battles won. However that is the only problem with this book , It shows no Cavalrymen on horses Not Polish or Russian , so we do not get a good overall view of the uniforms . This book is just plain basics on this war topic , to be complete would require more volumes or a thick complete hardcover book. Even so I am glad Osprey made this book available and I am glad to have it in my collection.

It contains all the maps, illustrations, and detailed info about the war left out of other histories of this war.It is not an in-depth history, but a stunningly vital supplement to such, as Osprey Book usually are.I recommend that you read Norman Davies' White Eagle, Red Star-The Polish-Soviet War 1919-20 (2nd Ed 2011), Adam Zamoyski's Warsaw 1920-Lenin's Failed Conquest Of Europe (2008), and especially Antoni Lenkiewicz's Josef Pisudski: Hero of Poland. Poland takes a bad rap on its military, but a close look shows that it one-on one fights with invading enemies, it usually won, or even when dealing with the Germans at the beginning of WWII, it fought them to a standstill. When it lost its independence in the 1790's, and September 17, 1939 (the Soviets invaded almost three weeks after the Germans), it was only because two or more enemies ganged up on it. If you're Polish buy this book, if not for yourself, then for your kids.

This is a standard, first-rate Osprey product. I increased my tiny knowledge of the events by a substantial amount. As usual with Osprey, the coverage of uniforms and equipment is lavish.

Osprey has covered previously this to some extent (the Bolsheviks, the Poles, the short-lived Ukrainian forces, and the even shorter lived Belorussian forces), but not in a unified way.Problem: Bring your own map. If it's an problem, you might consider knocking it down to four, or even three, stars.

I have enjoyed reading Osprey books for many years. The coverage of Modern warfare, Vietnam War, Korean War, WWII, WWI, Civil War, Crimean War, Middle Ages, and ancient world -including tactics, weapons and armored vehicles and aircraft is spot on IMHO.

Although it's an interesting book/topic, I think is too much pro-Polish.

A part of the Russian Civil War that has been forgotten. The Polish nation was threatened by troops of the red army as the Leninist government of Soviet Russia tried to reclaim as much of The Russian empire as they could. The Poles put together an army based on War veterans and mercenaries. Poland fought for it's life and beat back the Reds . this is another World War One aftermath book the will be of interest to all history buffs especially as we are now in the one hundreded anniversary of the war

A very good book on a very forgotten war. The only problem that I found was that there was so much information in one area that it was compressed which made it hard to understand. Overall, a very useful book.