Poland in the Second World War

By Josef Garlinski

Book Overview

List of Maps and Illustrations - List of Abbreviations - Preface - Introduction - The Outbreak of War - The September Campaign in Poland - The Partition of Poland - The Underground under German and Soviet Occupation - Polish Government and Army in France - The Church - The Collapse of France: The Polish Government in London - The Rebuilding of the Polish Army in Great Britain: The Polish Air Force - The German Attack on USSR and the Uneasy Polish Alliance with Russia - The Polish Underground State - Further War Developments and Polish Participation - The Polish Army in Russia and its Evacuation - The Plight of the Polish Jews - The Polish Army in the Middle East and Crisis in London - Polish Communists in USSR - Underground Fight in Poland, Arrest of General Rowecki: Death of General Sikorski - Difficulties with Communists: 'Tempest', Teheran - Second Polish Corps in Italy, Other Polish Formations - New Developments in Poland, Monte Cassino, Falaise: 'Tempest' - 'Tempest', Communists' Manifesto, attempt on Hitler's Life, Italy, 'Bridges' - The Warsaw Uprising - Polish Units in further Combat; Conference in Moscow - The Last Soviet Offensive: Dissolution of the Home Army, Yalta - Conference in San Francisco, Provisional Government of National Unity, The Testament of Fighting Poland, End of the War - Notes - Bibliography - Index

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333392582
• ISBN13: 9780333392584
• Release Date: August 1985
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 387 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"