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During the war between the Polish and Ukrainian forces over East Galicia in 1918−1919, the Polish side was gradually winning over the [[peasant]]ry.

During the war between the Polish and Ukrainian forces over East Galicia in 1918−1919, the Polish side was gradually winning over the [[peasant]]ry.

===Polish Soviet war===

===Polish-Soviet war===

{{See also|Polish-Soviet war}}

{{See also|Polish-Soviet war}}

During the [[Polish-Soviet War]] (1918-1921), there was a debate among western politicians which side they should support: the [[White Army|White Russians]] monarchists (representing the former [[Imperial Russia]] loyalists), the new [[Bolshevik]] revolutionaries, or newly independent countries trying to expand their territory at the expense of the powers that lost the First World War. Eventually, France and Britain decided to support the White Russians and Poland; however, their support to Poland was limited to the few hundred soldiers of the French military mission. Further, when it seemed likely in early 1920 that Poland would lose the war (which did not happen), Western diplomats encouraged Poland to surrender and settle for large territorial losses (the Curzon line).  

During the [[Polish-Soviet War]] (1918-1921), there was a debate among western politicians which side they should support: the [[White Army|White Russians]] monarchists (representing the former [[Imperial Russia]] loyalists), the new [[Bolshevik]] revolutionaries, or newly independent countries trying to expand their territory at the expense of the powers that lost the First World War. Eventually, France and Britain decided to support the White Russians and Poland; however, their support to Poland was limited to the few hundred soldiers of the French military mission. Further, when it seemed likely in early 1920 that Poland would lose the war (which did not happen), Western diplomats encouraged Poland to surrender and settle for large territorial losses (the Curzon line).