Eagle Unbowed - Poland and the Poles in the Second World War

Informationen zum Autor Halik Kochanski has taught at both King’s College London and University College London. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a member of the British Commission for Military History. Klappentext World War II gripped Poland as it did no other country. Invaded by Germany and the USSR, it was occupied from the first day of war to the last, and then endured 44 years behind the Iron Curtain while its wartime partners celebrated their freedom. The Eagle Unbowed tells, for the first time, the story of Poland's war in its entirety and complexity. Zusammenfassung World War II gripped Poland as it did no other country. Invaded by Germany and the USSR! it was occupied from the first day of war to the last! and then endured 44 years behind the Iron Curtain while its wartime partners celebrated their freedom. The Eagle Unbowed tells! for the first time! the story of Poland's war in its entirety and complexity.

Product details

• Authors: Halik Kochanski, Kochanski Halik
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.10.2012
• EAN: 9780674068148
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06814-8
• No. of pages: 624
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, Poland, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Poland, Second World War, The Holocaust, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / Eastern Front