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Author : Eugenia Maresch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780954321703
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (217 download)
Download or read book Polish Forces in Defence of the British Isles, 1939-1945 written by Eugenia Maresch and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Alfred Peszke
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786420094
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Polish Underground Army, the Western Allies, and the Failure of Strategic Unity in World War II written by Michael Alfred Peszke and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2005 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poland was the first country to stand up to Germany in 1939, and maintained an underground army during the years of World War II. The underground army was organized in occupied Poland in October 1939 and worked until April 1945, hoping to establish a legitimate authority in post-war Poland while liberating territory with the aid of Polish Forces from the west. This military history covers the attempts of General Wladyslaw Sikorski and his successor (General Kazimierz Sosnkowski) to integrate the Polish forces into Western strategy, and trying to have their clandestine forces (the Armia Krajowa) declared an allied combatant and legitimized by the Western powers before the eyes of both Germans and Soviets who sought Poland's destruction. The work opens with some general remarks on the inter-war period of 1919-1939, and then concentrates on the period of October 1939 through January 1945 and V-E Day. It covers such topics as Poland's part in the Norwegian and French Campaigns, the Battle of Britain, Polish Intelligence Services, Military Radio Network, Feluccas, the creation of the Polish Parachute Brigade, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the Bomber Offensive, the Katyn graves, Polish air crews in RAF Transport Command, Tehran, Polish Wings in the 2nd Tactical Air Force, the Bardsea Plan, the invasion of Normandy, the Pierwsza Pancera, the Warsaw Uprising, Operation Freston, the disbanding of the Polish Home Army, and Yalta. A conclusion and several appendices (including a chronology, costs of the Polish forces based in the UK, list of Polish squadrons in UK, and the texts of Polish-British agreements) close the work.
Author : Michael Alfred Peszke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781909982604
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (826 download)
Download or read book The Armed Forces of Poland in the West, 1939-46 written by Michael Alfred Peszke and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph focuses on the strategic concepts, planning and the limited success of the Polish military, leading up to the British Guarantee of March 1939 and then throughout the Second World War. The monograph discusses the valuable contribution of the Polish Military to its two Western allies, France and the United Kingdom leading up to the war, and the respite they received due to Poland's spirited defense that degraded German offensive capability by at least half a year. Recreated in France, the Polish Military conceptualized a liberation policy of encouraging both France and the United Kingdom to undertake a Balkan Strategy to Poland's freedom. Polish relations, with Hungary in particular, and Romania, while British relations with Greece and Turkey, made this a promising policy option. In early 1941, Britain did send troops to aid Greece and the Poles were also about to send their Middle East-based force to Greece. This Balkan" strategy" was strongly shared and espoused by Churchill and on the British planning table till late Summer 1944 when the Americans prevailed in landing forces in the south of France, rather than pushing north in Italy and possibly putting forces across the Adriatic into friendly Croatia and Slovenia. This American policy was undoubtedly due to the pressures of finalizing the European war as soon as possible to get on with the war against Japan, and possibly also influenced by the American foreign policy of accommodating Stalin, who did not want Western Allies in his bailiwick. One of the minor successes was an air supply link to the Polish Underground Forces but its capacity did not meet the needs or expectations. Attempts to reconcile with the Soviets failed to materialize any benefits to the Polish cause, but Polish forces extracted from the Soviets by agreements between Churchill and Stalin, were prized by the British and strengthened British capability in the Middle East. Following the Tehran Conference Polish strategic planning became irrelevant as at the same time the actual strength of the Polish Armed Forces and their professionalism increased. When in early 1945 Churchill asked his staffs for a possible military operation to push the Soviets back out of Poland - Operation Unthinkable, the Polish military in the West and potential clandestine forces in Poland became a major asset. This plan was not supported by the Americans or the important segment of the British coalition Government, the Labor Party, and further events in 1945 led to the decline in influence once enjoyed by the Polish military in the West.
Author : Wiktor Krzysztof Cygan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Poland in Defence of Freedom written by Wiktor Krzysztof Cygan and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marek Ney-Krwawicz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Polish Resistance Home Army, 1939-1945 written by Marek Ney-Krwawicz and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Gretzyngier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781904943051
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Poles in Defence of Great Britain written by Robert Gretzyngier and published by . This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To the Polish volunteers who were to fly and fight so brilliantly and tenaciously throughout the Battle of Britain, the United Kingdom was justifiably known as 'Last Hope Island'. Many of them lost their lives, many achieved glory. This book is a tremendous account of their contribution in those hectic days before the RAF began to take the offensive across the Channel.
Author : Michael Alfred Peszke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Battle for Warsaw, 1939-1944 written by Michael Alfred Peszke and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tom M. Devine
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 1907909346
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (79 download)
Download or read book Scotland and Poland written by Tom M. Devine and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays explores more than five centuries of Scottish-Polish interactions. It focuses on the two main moments of contact: the early modern experiences of Scottish pedlars, merchants, mercenaries and diplomats in the Polish-Lithuanian commonA--wealth and the Polish presence in Scotland during the twentieth and early twenty-first century. The latter period includes the Polish military presence in Scotland during World War II and the new Polish migration to Scotland after Poland's accession to the European Union in 2004. The book will be of interest to students and researchers who focus on the boom subject of early modern Scottish emigration to the European continent, and also to more general readers outside the scholarly community. It will be of value to the Polish community in Scotland and to anyone interested in the joint history of these two countries.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 920 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Army Air Forces in World War II: Men and planes written by and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Zosia Biegus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780956993496
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (934 download)
Download or read book Polish Resettlement Camps in England and Wales written by Zosia Biegus and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bartłomiej Belcarz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781902109732
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (97 download)
Download or read book White Eagles written by Bartłomiej Belcarz and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Polish fliers had to fight for their existence from the chaotic beginnings in the aftermath of World War I, through the Nazi and Soviet juggernauts in September 1939. In White Eagles the authors describe, squadron by squadron in enormous detail, exactly how the well trained but isolated Poles fought bitterly against their invaders. Using outdated tactics and old equipment, they proved to be the most successful and courageous airmen to defend England during the summer of 1940.
Author : Maurer Maurer
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428915850
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)
Download or read book Air Force Combat Units of World War II written by Maurer Maurer and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1961 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stefan Bałuk
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Poland at Arms 1939-1945 written by Stefan Bałuk and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kenneth K. Koskodan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780962223
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)
Download or read book No Greater Ally written by Kenneth K. Koskodan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth history of the Polish soldiers who served in World War 2, with previously unpublished first-hand accounts and rare photographs. There is a chapter of World War II history that remains largely untold; the monumental struggles of an entire nation have been forgotten, and even intentionally obscured. This book gives a full overview of Poland's participation in World War II. Following their valiant but doomed defence of Poland in 1939, members of the Polish armed forces fought with the Allies wherever and however they could. Full of previously unpublished accounts, and rare photographs, this title provides a detailed analysis of the devastation the war brought to Poland, and the final betrayal when, having fought for freedom for six long years, Poland was handed to the Soviet Union.
Author : Roger Moorhouse
Publisher : Arrow
ISBN 13 : 9781784706241
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (62 download)
Download or read book First to Fight written by Roger Moorhouse and published by Arrow. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new and definitive account of the German invasion of Poland that initiated WWII in 1939, written by a historian at the height of his abilities. 'Deeply researched, very well-written... This book will be the standard work on the subject for many years to come' - Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny The Polish campaign is the forgotten story of the Second World War. The war began on 1 September 1939, when German tanks, trucks and infantry crossed the Polish border, and the Luftwaffe began bombing Poland's towns and cities. The Polish army fought bravely but could not withstand the concentrated attack. When the Red Army invaded from the east, the country's fate was sealed. This is the first history of the Polish war for almost half a century. Drawing on letters, memoirs and diaries from all sides, Roger Moorhouse's dramatic account of the military events is entwined with a human story of courage and suffering, and a dark tale of diplomatic betrayal. 'Important... Moorhouse has a wonderful knack for reminding us about the parts of the Second World War that we are in danger of forgetting' Dan Snow ** Shortlisted for the Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History 2020 **
Author : Gordon Barclay
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0857905899
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)
Download or read book If Hitler Comes written by Gordon Barclay and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to provide a comprehensive account of the anti-invasion defenses built in Scotland during World War II. Between May 1940 and the summer of 1941, the British people expected a German invasion that, had it succeeded, would have enslaved them into the Nazis’ racist war. This period saw an unparalleled effort to prepare the defense of the UK against invasion. Scotland’s nationally important heavy industries, vital Royal Navy bases, and one of the UK’s key ports, were very vulnerable to the sort of airborne attack that had devastated the defenses of Belgium. Everyone was certain that a Fifth Column of Nazi sympathizers and agents was working actively to spread rumors and despair, and to aid the invasion forces, and in reality, the country was far from united. Although the 1939-45 War is the most written-about war in history there is no account of the heroic efforts made in those months to prepare Scotland for the inevitable invasion, and how the defenses were intended to be used. This book tells that story, against the wider history of the period and its people, and describes what was built, and what now survives. “The book details transportation infrastructure and the construction of military bases and various structures and barriers, concentrating on defense efforts on coastal beaches and harbors. The study explores shows how defense plans changed in response to shifts in defense policy and the misconceptions of those planning the defenses, including misunderstanding of German military strategies. B&W historical and contemporary photos and maps are included.” —ProtoView
Author : Uwe Zagratzki
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527514757
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)
Download or read book Disrespected Neighbo(u)rs written by Uwe Zagratzki and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-27 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neighbourly relations frequently position a “self” against an “Other”. This is the case for both individuals and nations, and, indeed, within the various cultural groups of a nation. Our racial, ethnic, social, or gender identities are often created in demarcating ourselves by stereotyping the Other. Disrespect of the immediate neighbour based on stereotypical pre-conceptions and cultural biases may lie dormant for a long time and then, as shown in recent conflicts around the globe, suddenly surface due to changed economic and political conditions. Media, including films and fictional as well as non-fictional texts, feature prominently in producing, propagating, and maintaining cultural difference and stereotypes in ideologically effective ways. This volume analyses re-presentations from various angles, as it comprises articles dealing with ethnic groups and neighbo(u)rhoods from three world areas, as well as genres and media instrumental to their respective cultural stereotyping. This focus on literary and media representations of the neighbo(u)rly Other from miscellaneous cultural environments results in a comprehensive understanding of analogies and differences in the mechanisms of production and perception of stereotypes. Addressing the manifold discourses at the heart of stereotyping the familiar Other, the book also points to their far-reaching repercussions on lived cultural practices.
