Polish–Ukrainian War

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The Polish–Ukrainian War was a 1918–1919 armed conflict between the newly re-emerging Polish state and Ukrainian forces over control of Eastern Galicia and its capital, Lviv, in the chaotic aftermath of World War I.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
war
alsoKnownAs Polish–Ukrainian War
surface form: Polish–Ukrainian conflict over Eastern Galicia
capitalContested Lwów
surface form: Lviv
conflictBetween Second Polish Republic
Ukrainian Galician Army
West Ukrainian People’s Republic
surface form: West Ukrainian People's Republic
conflictType border war
ethno-national conflict
endTime 1919-07
followedBy Polish–Soviet War
hasCause collapse of Austro-Hungarian Empire
competing Polish and Ukrainian national aspirations
territorial dispute over Eastern Galicia
hasConsequence establishment of Polish administration in Lviv
long-term Polish–Ukrainian tensions
hasLanguage Polish
Ukrainian
hasMainBelligerent Poland
Ukrainians
hasOutcome League of Nations recognition of Polish administration in Eastern Galicia
hasTheater Carpathian Mountains
surface form: Carpathian region

District of Galicia
surface form: Galicia
hasTopic Polish history
Ukrainian history
border conflicts in Eastern Europe
interwar period
involvesEthnicGroup Poles
Ukrainians
locatedIn Eastern Galicia
Lwów
surface form: Lviv
militaryInvolved Polish Army
Ukrainian Galician Army
partOf aftermath of World War I
precededBy World War I
relatedTo Polish–Lithuanian War
Treaty of Versailles context
Ukrainian War of Independence
result Polish control of Eastern Galicia
Polish victory
incorporation of Eastern Galicia into Second Polish Republic
significantEvent Battle of Lviv (1918)
Battle of Przemyśl (1918–1919)
Chortkiv offensive
startTime 1918-11
timePeriod 1918
1919

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Polish–Ukrainian War alsoKnownAs Polish–Ukrainian War
this entity surface form: Polish–Ukrainian conflict over Eastern Galicia
Józef Piłsudski conflict Polish–Ukrainian War
West Ukrainian People’s Republic conflict Polish–Ukrainian War
Ukrainian People’s Republic participatedIn Polish–Ukrainian War