Lwów Eaglets
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Lwów Eaglets is a term of affection that is applied to the Polish child soldiers who fought for the city of Lwów, in Eastern Galicia, during the Polish-Ukrainian War.
Lwów Eaglets; Defenders of the Cemetery, painting by Wojciech Kossak, 1926, oil on canvas, 90 x 120 cm, Polish Army Museum, Warsaw
Cemetery of the Defenders of Lwów
Children in the military
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Children in the military, including state armed forces, non-state armed groups, and other military organizations, may be trained for combat, assigned to support roles, such as cooks, porters/couriers,
Lwów Eaglets
…Lwów Eaglets (Polish: Orlęta lwowskie) is a term of affection that is applied to the Polish child soldiers who fought for the city of Lwów (Ukrainian: L'viv), in Eastern Galicia, during the Polish-Ukrainian War (1918–1919). The city now known in Ukrainian…
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