Battle of Lwów (1939)

Battle of Lwów (1939)
	Part of the German and Soviet invasion of Poland
	; Polish Anti-aircraft Bofors 40 mm Lwów 1939
Date	September 12–22, 1939
Location	Lwów, Lwów Voivodeship, Poland
Result	German–Soviet victory
Belligerents
Germany; Soviet Union	Poland
Commanders and leaders
Ferdinand Schörner; Filipp Golikov	Władysław Langner; Franciszek Sikorski; Stanisław Maczek
Units involved
14th Army; 6th Army	Southern Front
Strength
German:; 2 Mountain Divisions; 1 Infantry Division; Soviet:; 2 Cavalry Divisions; 1 Light Tank Brigade; 1 Tank Brigade	11 infantry battalions; 5 batteries of artillery (mainly 75 mm guns); 2 armoured trains; 1 cavalry unit; 1 engineering platoon and a small number of soldiers who retreated into the city
Casualties and losses
German 1st Mountain Division: 484 killed (including 116 from Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 99.) ; 918 wounded ; 608 sick Soviet: 24th Armoured Brigade: 4 KIA and 8 WIA on 22 September Total: 488+ killed ; 926+ wounded ; 608+ sick	Unknown

The Battle of Lwów (sometimes called the Siege of Lwów) was a World War II battle for the control over the formerly Polish city of Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine) between the Polish Army and the invading Wehrmacht and the Red Army. The city was seen as the key to the so-called Romanian Bridgehead and was defended at all costs.