Topic summary
Polish–Ukrainian War
Regional support: (conflicts with Hutsul Republic)
Strategic support:
France- West Ukrainian People's Republic
- Ukrainian People's Republic
- Hutsul Republic
(in Maramureș) - Komancza Republic
(in Lemkivshchyna until January 1919)
(in Bukovina, 6–11 November 1919)
Czechoslovakia
Polish forces:
190,000
Romanian forces:
4,000
Hungarian forces:
620+
- West Ukrainian forces:
70,000–75,000 or over 100,000 - UPR forces:
35,000 - Hutsul forces:
1,100 - Komancza forces:
800
The Polish–Ukrainian War, from November 1918 to July 1919, was a conflict between the Second Polish Republic and Ukrainian forces (both the West Ukrainian People's Republic and the Ukrainian People's Republic).
The conflict had its roots in ethnic, cultural, and political differences between the Polish and Ukrainian populations living in the region, as Poland and both Ukrainian republics emerged from the collapse of the Russian and Austrian empires.
The war started in Eastern Galicia after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and spilled over into the Chełm and Volhynia regions formerly belonging to the Russian Empire.
Poland won the disputed territory on 18 July 1919.