Warsaw Rising of 1944

Zusammenfassung This book is a revised version of the Polish edition published in 1971. It is based primarily on unpublished Polish contemporary documents and on interviews with highly placed participants in! and witnesses of! the Warsaw Rising. It provides a definitive account of why the Rising took place and is an extremely important contribution to the history of the Second World War. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Map; 1. The big three and Poland: July 1943-July 1944; 2. The genesis of the Polish resistance movement; 3. Attempts to unify the Polish resistance movement; 4. The Polish grand strategy, 1941-1943; 5. The 'Tempest' plan; 6. The London poles and 'Tempest'; 7. The 'Tempest' east of Warsaw; 8. The fate of Warsaw; 9. Why Warsaw rose; 10. Warsaw and the Émigré leaders; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Jan M. Ciechanowski
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.05.2002
• EAN: 9780521894418
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89441-8
• No. of pages: 348
• Series: Cambridge Russian, Soviet and
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous