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Defense of Lwów 1918–1919

Defense of Lwów 1918–1919 was a battle fought in 1918 at Lviv, in what is now Poland; it ran into the following year. It was part of the Polish–Ukrainian War, which ran from 1918 to 1919. The recorded result: Polish victory; Beginning of the Polish-Ukrainian War.

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Lwów Eaglets
Lwów Eaglets. Wojciech Kossak, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1918ran into the following year
WhereLviv, Poland49.830N, 24.014E
OutcomePolish victory; Beginning of the Polish-Ukrainian War
BelligerentsWest UkraineagainstPoland
Part ofPolish–Ukrainian War1918 to 1919

Where it sits in the Polish–Ukrainian War

Defense of Lwów 1918–1919, 1918Battle of Przemyśl, 1918December offensive on Lviv, 1918, 1918Battle of Ustrzyki Dolne train station, 191819181918Defense of Lwów 1918–1919, 1918
4 placed engagements of the Polish–Ukrainian War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1918 (year precision)
to 22 May 1919
PlaceLviv, Poland
49.830N, 24.014E
KindBattle, First World War
Commanders
  • Dmytro Vitovsky
  • Hryhoriy Kossak
  • Hnat Stefaniv
  • Czesław Mączyński
Defense of Lwów 1918–1919Defense of Lwów 1918–1919Battle of LwówSiege of LvivBattle of LembergBattle of LwówBattle of LwówRivneRzeszówTernopilIvano-FrankivskLutskUzhgorodDrohobych100 km49.830N, 24.014E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 8 times between 1648 and 1941.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1918

Defense of Lwów 1918–1919 is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 469 in present-day Poland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q12082703, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Lemberg (1918), revision 1383658038, 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.