battle, interwar and Second World War
Liberation of Jelgava
Liberation of Jelgava was a battle fought on 21 November 1919 at Ozolnieki Municipality, in what is now Latvia. It was part of the Latvian War of Independence, which ran from 1918 to 1920. The recorded result: Latvian victory.
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Record
| Date | 21 November 1919 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Ozolnieki Municipality, Latvia 56.693N, 23.779E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
Nearest engagements
- Battle of Gemauerthof 1705, 33 km SW
- Siege of Riga 1700, 35 km NE
- Siege of Riga 1709, 35 km NE
- Siege of Riga 1812, 35 km NE
- Siege of Riga 1700, 35 km NE
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Bateri 1919
Elsewhere in 1919
- Scuttling of the German Fleet in Scapa Flow United Kingdom
- Battle of Cēsis Latvia
- Greek landing at Smyrna Turkey
- Battle of Paju Estonia
- Battle of Bereza Kartuska Belarus
Liberation of Jelgava is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 54 in present-day Latvia.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q16358487, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Jelgava (1919), revision 1370444152, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.