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[[File:Misja aliancka w Polsce (1920).jpg|300px|thumb|Members of Interallied Mission to Poland (1920). First row from the left: [[Edgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'Abernon|Edgar Vincent D’Abernon]], [[Jean Jules Jusserand]], [[Maxime Weygand]], [[Maurice Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey|Maurice Hankey]]]] The '''Interallied Mission to Poland''' was a [[diplomatic mission]] launched by British Prime Minister [[David Lloyd George]] on 21 July 1920, at the height of the [[Polish-Soviet War]], weeks before the decisive [[Battle of Warsaw (1920)|Battle of Warsaw]]. The purpose of this mission was to send a number of high level personages from Britain and France to Poland in an attempt to influence Polish policy, possibly through effecting a change in government. The mission members included French diplomat, [[Jean Jules Jusserand]], general [[Maxime Weygand]], chief of staff to Marshal [[Ferdinand Foch]] (the Supreme Commander of the victorious [[Triple Entente|Entente]]), and the British diplomat, Lord [[Edgar Vincent D'Abernon]]. The crucial battle of Warsaw was won in the early days of August, before the mission could achieve anything of importance. The only tangible result was the installation of Weygand as an advisor to the Polish General Staff, where his role was negligible. Nevertheless, soon after the battle and for various political reasons, a myth arose that Weygand was the author of the Polish victory in the battle of Warsaw. == Sources == * [[Norman Davies]], ''White Eagle, Red Star: The Polish-Soviet War, 1919–20'', Pimlico, 2003, {{ISBN|0-7126-0694-7}}. * [[Piotr Wandycz]], ''General Weygand and the Battle of Warsaw'', in ''Journal of Central European Affairs'', vol. 19 (1960), pp. 357–365. == See also == * [[British Military Mission to Poland]] * [[French Military Mission to Poland]] [[Category:Polish–Soviet War]] [[Category:1920 in Poland]] [[Category:Poland–United Kingdom relations]] [[Category:France–Poland relations]] [[Category:1920 in France]] [[Category:1920 in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:1920 in international relations]] [[Category:Reactions to the Russian Revolution and Civil War]] [[Category:Foreign relations of the Second Polish Republic]] [[Category:British involvement in the Russian Civil War]] [[Category:French involvement in the Russian Civil War]] {{Europe-hist-stub}} {{Poland-poli-stub}}
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