Górny Śląsk a wojna polsko-bolszewicka na łamach „Gwiazdki Cieszyńskiej”. Relacje i komentarze
Upper Silesia and the Polish-Bloshevik war in Gwiazdka Cieszyńska. Reports and opinions

Summary/Abstract: Based in the analysis of press materials, mainly from Gwiazdka Cieszyńska (The Cieszyn Starlet), from 1920-1921, the article presents the links between Upper Silesia and the Republic during the Polish-Bolshevik war, especially in the summer of 1920, when the battle of Warsaw took place. The outcome of “the Miracle of the Vistula” was “the Miracle of the Oder”. The military success of the battle of Warsaw and the third Silesia uprising resulted in the incorporation of Upper Silesia, the second most industrialized region in Europe, into the Republic. The event significantly changed the economic structure of agricultural Poland, making it more similar to capitalist states. Due to its industrial and military potential, incorporating this historical region, which Jan Długosz counted among the parts of “the body of the Polish Crown,” was an important political, economic, and military event. Upper Silesia was the biggest industrial region in the country. This fact was emphasized by Gwiazdka Cieszyńska in the article O znaczeniu Górnego Śląska (“On the importance of Upper Silesia”) published in issue 215 from 1920.

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