Battle of Lemberg (1918)

For other battles fought for the city of Lemberg, see Battle of Lwów (disambiguation).
Battle of Lemberg (Lviv, Lwów)
Part of Polish-Ukrainian War

Situation after Ukrainian siege was broken, March 1919
DateNovember 1, 1918 - May 22, 1919
Location
Lemberg (Lviv, Lwów)
Result Polish victory[1]
Belligerents
West Ukrainian People's Republic West Ukraine Second Polish Republic Poland
Commanders and leaders
Dmytro Vitovsky
Hnat Stefaniv		 Czesław Mączyński

The Battle of Lemberg (Lviv, Lwów) (in Polish historiography called obrona Lwowa, the Defense of Lwów[2]) took place from November 1918 to May 1919 and was a six-month long conflict in the region of Galicia following the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The battle was fought between forces of the local West Ukrainian People's Republic and urban Polish resistance, assisted later by the invading Polish military for the control over the city of Lviv. The battle sparked the Polish-Ukrainian War, ultimately won by Poland as both nations fought the Ukrainian-Soviet War and Polish-Soviet Wars concurrently.

  1. ^ Naleźniak, Paweł (2019). "Obrona Lwowa w 1918 roku". Przystanek Historia (in Polish).
  2. ^ Stanisław Nicieja, Legenda Lwowskich Orląt, [w:] Lwów wśród nas. ISBN 83-60117-06-3