Chortkiv offensive
| Chortkiv offensive | |||||||||
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| Part of the Polish-Ukrainian War (1918–1919) | |||||||||
 Map of the Ukrainian offensive in June 1919 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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West Ukrainian People’s Republic |
 Second Polish Republic | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
.svg){kind=small} Yevhen Petrushevych Oleksander Hrekov |
Józef Piłsudski Józef Haller | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 19,000–20,000 Ukrainians | 19,000–20,000, Poles[contradictory] | ||||||||
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The Chortkiv offensive (
Goals
The Ukrainian goal of the offensive was to push the Polish Army back to the
Ukrainian offensive
On 8 June 1919, the Ukrainian Galician Army numbering around 19,000–20,000 men assaulted Chortkiv, forcing the Poles to retreat to the Holohory–Peremyshliany–Bukachivtsi line. Under the command of general Oleksandr Hrekiv, the Ukrainian forces came close to Lviv, the main city of the province, and were close to taking it from the Polish forces, which was their greatest success.[1]
The Ukrainian forces also gained victories at Yahilnytsia (7–8 June), Vyhnanka (8 June), Bilobozhnytsia (9–10 June), Kopychyntsi (10 June), Yazlovets (11–12 June), Buchach (12 June), Terebovlya (12–13 June), Monastyryska (13 June), Ternopil (14 June), Kozova (14 June), Nyzhniv (14–15 June), Pidhaytsi (15–16 June), Berezhany (20–21 June). [1][2] The battle near Berezhany didnt achieve a success and despite the capture Polish forces repulsed the offensive. On June 23rd Polish forces attacked Holohory the well-executed operation ended with the Ukrainians being pushed back beyond the Zlota Lipa River.[3]
Polish counterattack
As the Ukrainian Galician Army suffered from a lack of ammunition, on 28 June better equipped and much larger Polish forces broke through the Ukrainian lines at Janczyn and forced them to retreat and evacuate across the Zbruch River.
Aftermath
The breakthrough at the Ukrainian front on Janczyn forced the Ukrainians to evacutae, this meant the end for the Chortkiv offenisve, and on July 16, 1919, the ZUNR government moves to the territory of Dnieper Ukraine . Carried out by small forces against the overwhelming forces of the enemy due to the shortage of ammunition and the absence of strategic reserves, the Chortkiv offensive despite initial victories could not achieve its success.[4]
Notes
- ^ a b c Kubiyovych
- ^ a b c Pidkova
- ISBN 978-83-7006-787-8.
- ^ "ЧОРТКІВСЬКА НАСТУПАЛЬНА ОПЕРАЦІЯ УГА 1919". resource.history.org.ua. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
References
- Chortkiv offensive at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
- ISBN 0-8020-8390-0.
- ISBN 5-7702-0554-7(in Ukrainian)
- Ihor Pidkova (editor), Roman Shust (editor), "Dovidnyk z istorii Ukrainy Archived 2009-04-10 at the ISBN 966-504-237-8 (t. 3). Article: Чортківський наступ 1919 Archived 2012-01-21 at the Wayback Machine(in Ukrainian)