Battle of Lwów (1920)
1920 battle during the Polish–Soviet War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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During the Polish-Soviet War of 1920 the city of Lwów (modern Lviv, Ukraine) was attacked by the forces of Alexander Ilyich Yegorov. Since mid-June 1920 the 1st Cavalry Army of Semyon Budyonny was trying to reach the city from the north and east. At the same time Lwów was preparing its defenses. The inhabitants raised and fully equipped three regiments of infantry and two regiments of cavalry as well as constructed defensive lines. The city was defended by an equivalent of three Polish divisions aided by one Ukrainian infantry division. Finally after almost a month of heavy fighting on August 16 the Red Army crossed the Southern Bug River and, reinforced by additional 8 divisions of the Red Cossacks, started an assault on the city. The fighting occurred with heavy casualties on both sides, but after three days the assault was halted and the Red Army retreated. With the crushing defeat of the main forces of the Red Army in the battle of Warsaw, and the Polish victories at Komarów and Zadwórze, the Russian forces were forced to retreat from Lwów.
Battle of Lwów | |||||||
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Part of Polish-Bolshevik War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Poland | Russian SFSR | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Czesław Mączyński |
Alexander Yegorov Joseph Stalin | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
+ 22.000 | 32,000 |
For the heroic defense with large units of locally raised volunteers the city was awarded with the Virtuti Militari medal on 11 November 1920.