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Latvian War of Independence

Latvian War of Independence
Part of Soviet westward offensive of 1918–19
Date 5 December 1918 – 11 August 1920
(1 year, 8 months and 6 days)
Location Latvia
Result Latvian victory
Territorial
changes		 Independence of Latvia
Belligerents

Latvia Latvian Army
merged from the:

  • in July 1919

 Estonia
Russia Lieven detachment
 Poland
 Lithuania

Supported by the Allied Powers

German Empire VI Reserve Corps:

merged into the

West Russian Volunteer Army in September 1919		  Russian SFSR
 Latvian SSR
Commanders and leaders
Latvia Jānis Balodis
Estonia Ernst Põdder
Poland Edward Rydz-Śmigły 		German Empire Rüdiger von der Goltz
Baltic German.svg Alfred Fletcher
Pavel Bermondt-Avalov 		Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Jukums Vācietis
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dmitry Nadyozhny
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Pēteris Slavens
Strength

Latvia At height (January 1920)
69,232 personnel
271 machine guns and 321 light machine guns
54 artillery
33 mortars
Estonia At height (June 1919)
16,000 personnel
204 machine guns
39 artillery
3 armoured vehicles
5 armoured trains
United Kingdom
1 cruiser,
8 destroyers,
2 torpedo boats,
1 minesweeper
France
2 torpedo boats, 2 gunboats


Poland
(January 1920)
25 tanks,
20 000 Infantry		 German Empire At height (June 1919)
20,000 personnel, 100 artillery, 3 armored trains, 10 armored vehicles, 18 airplanes, 469 machine guns		 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic 5,600–6,300 personnel, 55 machine-guns, 42 artillery, 3 armoured trains
Casualties and losses
Latvia Latvia:
3,046 dead
4,085 wounded
Estonia Estonia: 300 dead, 800 wounded		 German Empire 840 killed
3,000 wounded		 Unknown

Latvia Latvian Army
merged from the:

 Estonia
Russia Lieven detachment
 Poland
 Lithuania

German Empire VI Reserve Corps:


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