The Polish-Soviet war in the Norwegian press during the years 1920–1921
The Polish-Soviet war in the Norwegian press during the years 1920–1921

Summary/Abstract: During the Polish-Soviet war, it was common knowledge then that the conflict in question had a considerable influence on the Mid- and West European states . It was expected that, were the Red Army to have won, the Soviet revolution would have spread as far as the Marne . The reason why the conflict in question was of so much inter- est to the Norwegian press was that it reflected Norwegian public opinion regarding the position of the then superpowers towards the war, showing how Norwegian public opin- ion understood this war, as well as Norwegians’ sympathy for or disfavour towards the militant parties . This article aims both at presenting the above-mentioned issues and jux- taposing them with the political, military, and social questions to date as they appeared in the then Norwegian press . For that purpose, my article will also refer to the literature about the Polish-Soviet war .

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