Battle of Lwów (1655) - Lwów besieged by the forces of Bohdan Khmelnytsky and the Moscovite army

Battle of Lemberg (1915) - Lvov recaptured by Austria-Hungary

Battle of Lwów (1809) - the city captured from the Austrians by the Polish cavalry

During its long and complicated history, the city of Lwów (Lviv, Leopolis, Lemberg) was the site of several major battles and sieges. Among the most notable were:

Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive - A 1944 offensive by the Soviet Union against Germany.

Battle of Lwów (1672) - Lwów besieged by the armies of sultan Mehmed IV

Battle of Lwów (1648) - Lwów besieged by Cossack forces under Bohdan Khmelnytsky

Battle of Lwów (1675) - Ottoman armies defeated by Hussars under John III Sobieski

Battle of Lwów (1704) - Lwów captured and looted by Sweden during the Great Northern War

Battle of Lemberg (1914) - Lemberg captured by Russia at the outbreak of World War I

Battle of Lwów (1918) - City fights between the local Polish inhabitants and the forces of West Ukrainian People's Republic

Battle of Lwów (1920) - Fights of several weeks' duration at the outskirts of the city between the Polish Army and the Red Army during the Polish-Bolshevik War

Battle of Lwów (1939) - Lwów besieged by Germany during the Polish Defensive War of 1939 at the outbreak of World War II; capitulated to the Soviet Union

Battle of Lwów (1944) - Also known as the Lwów Uprising, the city captured by the Armia Krajowa and the Soviet Union during World War II