- Battle of Lwów
During its long and complicated history, the city of Lwów (
Lviv , Leopolis, Lemberg) was the site of several major battles and sieges. Among the most notable were:*
Battle of Lwów (1648) - Lwów besieged byCossack forces underBohdan Khmelnytsky
*Battle of Lwów (1655) - Lwów besieged by the forces ofBohdan Khmelnytsky and theMoscovite army
*Battle of Lwów (1672) - Lwów besieged by the armies of sultanMehmed IV
*Battle of Lwów (1675) - Ottoman armies defeated byHussars underJohn III Sobieski
*Battle of Lwów (1704) - Lwów captured and looted bySweden during theGreat Northern War
*Battle of Lwów (1809) - the city captured from the Austrians by thePolish cavalry
*Battle of Lemberg (1914) - Lemberg captured byRussia at the outbreak ofWorld War I
*Battle of Lemberg (1915) - Lvov recaptured byAustria-Hungary
*Battle of Lwów (1918) - City fights between the local Polish inhabitants and the forces ofWest Ukrainian People's Republic
*Battle of Lwów (1920) - Fights of several weeks' duration at the outskirts of the city between the Polish Army and theRed Army during thePolish-Bolshevik War
*Battle of Lwów (1939) - Lwów besieged by Germany during the Polish Defensive War of 1939 at the outbreak ofWorld War II ; capitulated to theSoviet Union
*Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive - A 1944 offensive by the Soviet Union against Germany.
*Battle of Lwów (1944) - Also known as the Lwów Uprising, the city captured by theArmia Krajowa and theSoviet Union duringWorld War II
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