Battle of Lwów (1941)
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For other battles fought for the city of Lwów, see Battle of Lwów (disambiguation).
The Battle of Lwów was a World War II battle for the control over the city of Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine) between the Red Army and the invading Wehrmacht and the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists.
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Battle of Lwów | |||||||
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Part of Operation Barbarossa on the Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||
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Germany Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists | Soviet Union | ||||||
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Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel Yaroslav Stetsko |
Ivan Muzychenko [ru] Nikolai Dyatlov [ru] | ||||||
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17th Army OUN marching groups [pl] | 6th Combined Arms Army |
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