The West Ukrainian People's Republic was a short-lived state proclaimed in the former Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia and Bukovina as the empire broke up at the end of the First World War. Its leaders took control of Lviv on 1 November 1918, but Polish residents there rose up against them, and this started the Polish–Ukrainian War. Yevhen Petrushevych led the government, and the army, the Ukrainian Galician Army, fought on for months. In January 1919 the republic formally merged with the Ukrainian People's Republic based in Kyiv, though without real unity. By mid-1919 Polish forces had defeated the army, and the territory came under Polish rule.
Before and after
- from 19 September 1918 to 25 September 1918Battle of Megiddo
- from 26 September 1918 to 11 November 1918Meuse-Argonne Offensive
- from 26 September 1918 to 1 October 1918Capture of Damascus
- 17 October 1918Birth of Rita Hayworth
- from 19 October 1918 to 22 January 1919West Ukrainian People's Republic
- 24 October 1918German Revolution of 1918–1919
- from 28 October 1918 to 31 December 1992Czechoslovakia
- 30 October 1918Armistice of Mudros
- from 1 November 1918 to 22 May 1919Defense of Lwów 1918–1919
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