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Battle of Lwów (1939)

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The Battle of Lwów (sometimes called the Siege of Lwów) was a World War II battle for the control over the Polish city of Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine) between the Polish Army and the invading Wehrmacht and the Red Army. [1]

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Alfred Biłyk

Alfred Biłyk (born 25 September 1889 in Lwów, now Ukraine, died 19 September 1939 in Munkacs, Ukraine, then in Hungary) was a Polish lawyer, military officer, and politician, last Voivode of the Lwów Voivodeship.

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Śmiały (armoured train)

The armoured train Śmiały (Polish for Bold), officially armoured train number 53 was an armoured train of the Polish Army that saw significant action during the German Invasion of Poland in September 1939.

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Battle of Cześniki

The Battle of Cześniki took place on 21 and 22 September 1939 during the German and Soviet invasion of Poland around the village of Cześniki near Zamość.

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Battle of Jaworów

The Battle of Jaworów (bitwa pod Jaworowem) was a battle fought between the German forces and elements of the Polish Małopolska Army during the German Invasion of Poland.

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Battle of Lwów

During its long and complicated history, the Ukrainian city of Lviv (Львів, Lwów, Lvov, Leopolis, or Lemberg) was the site of several major battles and sieges.

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Battle of Lwów (1920)

During the Polish-Soviet War of 1920 the city of Lwów (modern Lviv, Ukraine) was attacked by the forces of Alexander Ilyich Yegorov.

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Ferdinand Schörner

Ferdinand Schörner (12 June 1892 – 2 July 1973) was a general and later Field Marshal in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Franciszek Sikorski

Franciszek Jozef Sikorski (October 4, 1889 Lwow - spring 1940 Kharkov) was a Polish engineer, General brygady of the Polish Army and a victim of the Katyn massacre.

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Henryk Baranowski

Henryk Baranowski (9 February 1943 – 27 July 2013) was a Polish theatre director, actor, stage designer, playwright, screenwriter, and poet.

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Hieronim Dekutowski

Hieronim Dekutowski (noms de guerre "Zapora", "Odra", "Rezu", "Stary", "Henryk Zagon") was a Polish boyscout and soldier, who fought in Polish September Campaign, was a member of the elite forces Cichociemni, fought in the Home Army and after World War II, fought the communist regime as one of commanders of Wolnosc i Niezawislosc.

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History of Lviv

Lviv (Ukrainian: Львів, L’viv; Lwów; Lemberg; לעמבערג; Lvov, see also other names) is an administrative center in western Ukraine with more than a millennium of history as a settlement, and over seven centuries as a city.

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History of Poland (1939–1945)

The history of Poland from 1939 to 1945 encompasses primarily the period from the Invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany to the end of World War II.

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Index of World War II articles (B)

# B-17 Flying Fortress.

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J. A. Baczewski

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Józef Olszyna-Wilczyński

Józef Konstanty Olszyna-Wilczyński (27 November 1890 – 22 September 1939) was a Polish general and one of the high-ranking commanders of the Polish Army.

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Jerzy Łucki

Jerzy Michał Łucki (24 September 1898 – 18 September 1939) was a Polish bobsledder, military officer and athlete.

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Karpaty Army

Karpaty Army (Armia Karpaty), formed on 11 July 1939 under Major General Kazimierz Fabrycy, was created after Germany had annexed Czechoslovakia and created a puppet state of Slovakia.

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List of military engagements of World War II

This is a list of military engagements of World War II encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges.

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List of wars involving Poland

This is a chronological list of military conflicts in which Polish armed forces won or took place on Polish territory from the reign of Mieszko I (960–992) to the ongoing military operations.

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List of World War II battles

This is a list of World War II battles.

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Modern history of Ukraine

Ukraine emerges as the concept of a nation, and the Ukrainians as a nationality, with the Ukrainian National Revival which is believed started sometime at the end of 18th and the beginning of 19th century.

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Polish contribution to World War II

The European theatre of World War II opened with the German invasion of Poland on Friday September 1, 1939 and the Soviet invasion of Poland on September 17, 1939.

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Polish Southern Front

The Southern Front (Polish Front Południowy) was one of two fronts of the Polish Army created during the Invasion of Poland of 1939 against the allied forces of Nazi Germany and Soviet Union.

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Roman Longchamps de Bérier

Roman Longchamps de Bérier (1883–1941) was a Polish lawyer and university professor, one of the most notable specialists in civil law of his generation and the last rector of the Jan Kazimierz University of Lwów.

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Rudolf Prich

Rudolf Prich (August 6, 1881 – 1940) (eng.) was a Polish military officer and a major general (pol. generał dywizji) of the Polish Army.

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Sambor Ghetto

Sambor Ghetto (getto w Samborze) was a Jewish World War II ghetto established in March 1942 by the Schutzstaffel (SS) in the prewar Polish city of Sambor in the south-eastern region of Kresy (now Sambir, Ukraine).

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September 1939

The following events occurred in September 1939.

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Solomiya Krushelnytska

Solomiya Amvrosiivka KrushelnytskaHer name is sometimes spelt as Solomiya Ambrosiyivna Krushelnytska, Salomea Krusceniski, Krushel'nytska or Kruszelnicka.

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Stanisław Maczek

General Stanisław Maczek (31 March 1892 – 11 December 1994) was a Polish tank commander of World War II, whose division was instrumental in the Allied liberation of France, closing the Falaise pocket, resulting in the destruction of 14 German Wehrmacht and SS divisions.

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Timeline of Lviv

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lviv, Ukraine.

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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Warsaw)

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Grób Nieznanego Żołnierza) is a monument in Warsaw, Poland, dedicated to the unknown soldiers who have given their lives for Poland.

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Władysław Langner

Władysław Langner (18 June 1896, Jaworów — 28 September 1972) was a Polish general, best known as commander of the Siege of Lwów in 1939.

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Zbigniew Herbert

Zbigniew Herbert (29 October 1924 – 28 July 1998) was a Polish poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist.

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10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade (Poland)

The 10th Cavalry Brigade (10.) was a Polish military unit in World War II.

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1st Mountain Division (Wehrmacht)

The 1st Mountain Division (1.) was an elite formation of the German Wehrmacht during World War II, and is remembered for its involvement in multiple large-scale war crimes.

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35th Infantry Division (Poland)

35th Infantry Division (Polish: 35. Dywizja Piechoty) was a reserve unit of the Polish Army in the Second Polish Republic.

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5th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

The 5th Panzer Division (5th Tank Division) was an armoured division in the German Army, the Wehrmacht, during World War II, established in 1938.

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Redirects here:

Battle of Lvov (1939), Battle of Lwow (1939), Siege of Lwow (1939), Siege of Lwów (1939).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lwów_(1939)

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