Józef Haller
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Józef Haller von Hallenburg was a Polish lieutenant general and legionary in the Polish Legions during the First World War. He was a harcmistrz, the president of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Associ
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Józef Haller's house in Władysławowo
Haller in a Polish uniform
Józef Haller in an undated photo
Polish–Ukrainian War
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The Polish–Ukrainian War, from November 1918 to July 1919, was a conflict between the Second Polish Republic and Ukrainian forces.
Józef Haller
…only well-armed combat unit in the recreated Polish Army, the command decided not to split it into smaller pieces. The whole army was deployed at the Polish-Ukrainian frontline. In the course of victorious battles against the Ukrainian army, Haller's forces reached the Zbruch River, passing Volhynia and Eastern Galicia. However…
Positions of Polish (blue) and Ukrainian (purple) forces during various stages of the war; positions of the Red Army during the simultaneous Ukrainian-Soviet War are shown in orange
Polish–Ukrainian and Polish–Soviet Wars, early 1919
"Lwów Eaglets – the defence of the cemetery" by Wojciech Kossak (1926). Oil on canvas, Polish Army Museum, Warsaw. A painting depicting Polish youths in the Battle of Lemberg (1918) (in Polish historiography called the Defense of Lwów) against the West Ukrainian People's Republic proclaimed in Lviv.
Dmytro Vitovsky, first commander of the Ukrainian Galician Army, flanked by two officers, 1918.