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A military government in exile : the Polish government in exile 1939-1945, a study of discontent / Evan McGilvray.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGilvray, Evan.
- Series:
- Helion studies in military history ; no. 2.
- Helion studies in military history ; no. 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Governments in exile.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Poland.
- Poland--Foreign relations--1918-1945.
- Poland.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Solihull, West Midlands, England : Helion, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work examines the nature of the relationship between the British Government and the Polish Government-in-Exile, 1939-1945. The relationship was extremely difficult owing to the extremity of the time and the situations of the two governments. Before 1939 there had been little contact between Poland and Britain, however between 1939 and 1945 the two countries were joined in a common desire for the military defeat of Germany: this was virtually the only common goal that the two governments shared. Polish ambitions to see Poland restored to its pre-war frontiers were not shared with the major
- Contents:
- List of photographs; Introduction; 1: Poland and the Polish Army; 2: The Establishment of the Polish Government-in-Exile; 3: The First Ally: Poland and Britain, June 1940 - June 1941; 4: The Polish-Soviet Agreement, June-July 1941 - An Interim Period; 5: Reactions and Conflicts in the Polish Army: Sikorski versus Anders, 1941-1943; Photographs; 6: Sikorski Exposed - Katyń and the Collapse of Polish-SovietRelations: The Consequences for the Polish Government-in-Exile,January - July 1943; 7: The Endgame: The Destruction of the Polish Underground State,July 1943-October 1944
- 8: The Polish Government-in-Exile: a government of no relevance.Dealing with Anders and Mikołajczyk October 1944 - July 1945Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781907677946
- 1907677941
- OCLC:
- 797915782
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