The eagle unbowed : Poland and the Poles in the Second World War / Halik Kochanski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kochanski, Halik.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Poland.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Poland.

Poland--History--1918-1945.

Poland.

Poland--Politics and government--1918-1945.

Poland--Social conditions--1918-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (783 p.)

Edition:

1st Harvard University Press ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Definitions of Poland and the Polish

Guide to Polish Pronunciation

The Rebirth of Poland

Polish Foreign Policy, 1920-1939

The September 1939 Campaign

The German and Soviet Occupation of Poland to June 1941

Exile in the Soviet Union

Escape from the Soviet Union

Poland's Contribution to the Allied War Effort, 1940-1943

Polish Non-combatants Outside Poland, 1939-1945

The Dark Years : Occupied Poland, 1941-1943

The Holocaust, 1941-1943

Sikorski's Diplomacy, 1941-1943

Threats to the Standing of the Polish Government-in-Exile and the Polish Underground Authorities

The Polish Dilemma : The Retreat of the Germans and the Advance of the Red Army

Poland : The Inconvenient Ally

Fighting under British Command, 1943-1945

The End of the War

The Aftermath of the War

The Final Chapter

Appendix 1: Order of Battle of the Polish Army, 1939-1945

Appendix 2: Principal Polish Personalities.

Notes:

"First published in the United Kingdom by Penguin Books ... 2012"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-674-07105-0

0-674-06816-5