Battle of Lwów (1939)
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For a list of battles fought for the city of Lwów, see Battle of Lwów (disambiguation).
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. The city was seen as the key to the so-called Romanian Bridgehead and was defended at all cost.
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Battle of Lwów | |||||||
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Part of Part of the German and Soviet Invasion of Poland in the European theatre of World War II | |||||||
Polish Anti-aircraft Bofors 40 mm Lwów 1939 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Germany Soviet Union | Poland | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ferdinand Schörner Filipp Golikov |
Władysław Langner Franciszek Sikorski | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
German: 1st Mountain Division, 2nd Mountain Division, part of 7th Infantry Division, part of 5th Panzer Division Soviet: 6th Army |
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 had retreated into the city from elsewhere | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
German 1st Mountain Division: 484 killed (including 116 from Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 99.) Soviet: 24th Armoured Brigade: 4 KIA and 8 WIA on 22 September Total: 488+ killed926+ wounded 608+ sick | Unknown |
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