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 on the Polish-Ukrainian front (lower part of the map) in mid-February 1919, after the Ukrainian siege was broken
Date1 November 1918 – 22 May 1919 (6 months and 21 days)
Location
Lemberg (Lviv, Lwów)
Result

Polish victory

Belligerents
West Ukraine Poland
Commanders and leaders
Dmytro Vitovsky
Hryhoriy Kossak
Hnat Stefaniv		 Czesław Mączyński

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

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