Description
Book SynopsisIn the Fall of 1918 it became clear the Polish-Ukrainian ethnic borderlands would become a battlefield for the two nations. Both wanted to incorporate the disputed territory.
On November 1st 1918, Ukrainian conspirators managed a successful military and political coup, taking control of Lviv with hardly any bloodshed. Several hours afterwards, Polish underground forces already began preparing a counterattack. A few days later, front lines stretched across the city. The fighting concluded on November 22nd with a Ukrainian retreat and an ethnic cleansing of the local Jewish population.
The events that took place in Lviv in November 1918 to this day remain at the epicenter of Polish-Ukrainian conflict. The book tackles the themes of this unrest and its symptoms, from the 1920s to present day.
Table of ContentsLviv – Poland – Ukraine – Poles – Ukrainians – Polish-Ucrainian conflict – The Fall of Austro-Hungarian State – The Rebirth of Republic of Poland – The Independent Ukrainian State – The Lviv Eaglets – The Ukrainian Sich Riflemen – The Cemetery of Defenders of Lviv – The Yaniv Cemetery – The Polish-Ukrainian conflict of Memory – The Lviv Pogrom
