Self-Defence of Lithuania and Belarus (Polish: Samoobrona Litwy i Białorusi) comprised voluntary paramilitary units formed in late 1918, in the aftermath...

Lithuania (/ˌlɪθjuˈeɪniə/ LITH-ew-AY-nee-ə; Lithuanian: Lietuva [lʲiətʊˈvɐ]), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublika [lʲiətʊˈvoːs...

Сражения за Вильно) were a series of battles fought in Vilnius between the pro-Polish Self-Defence of Lithuania and Belarus who were initially against the...

Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to...

goal of Lithuania's defence policy is to prepare their society for general defence and to integrate Lithuania into Western security and defence structures...

smaller units of self-defence forces composed of local volunteers in what is now Lithuania and Belarus, amidst a growing series of territorial disputes...

border Lithuania, but concentrations of Lithuanians can also be found in Belarus' eastern regions. The history of ethnic Balts in what is now Belarus is evidenced...

primarily from Iraqi Kurdistan, to Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland via those countries' borders with Belarus. Belarus allowed its territory to be used by...

the Polish Self-Defence of Lithuania and Belarus Vilna offensive (1919), Poland captures the city during the Polish–Soviet War Battle of Vilnius (1920) [pl]...

National Assembly – UNA) and a paramilitary wing (Ukrainian People's Self-Defence – UNSO). According to Andreas Umland and Anton Shekhovtsov, the UNA-UNSO...