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). == Background == The city now known in Ukrainian as Lviv (Polish: Lwów) was, before the Dissolution of Austria-Hungary, known as Lemberg and was the capital of Emperor Karl's Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria.
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). == Background == The city now known in Ukrainian as Lviv (Polish: Lwów) was, before the Dissolution of Austria-Hungary, known as Lemberg and was the capital of Emperor Karl's Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria.
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