The Resource The eagle unbowed : Poland and the Poles in the Second World War, Halik Kochanski
The eagle unbowed : Poland and the Poles in the Second World War, Halik Kochanski
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- Summary
- 'Poland has not yet died, So long as we still live...' By almost every measure the fate of the inhabitants of Poland was the most terrible of any group in the Second World War. Following the destruction of its armed forces in the autumn of 1939, the Republic of Poland was partitioned between Nazi and Soviet forces and officially ceased to exist. Racial violence and ideological conformity were at the very heart of the new regimes. As the war progressed millions of Poles were killed, with each phase unleashing a further round, from the industrialised genocide of Treblinka to the crushing of the Warsaw Rising. Polish Jews were all to be murdered, Christians reduced to a semi-literate slave class. In this powerful and original new book Halik Kochanski has written perhaps the most important 'missing' work on the whole conflict: an attempt in a single volume to describe both the fate of those trapped within occupied Poland and of those millions of Poles who were able to escape. Reviews: "Until Halik Kochanski's "The Eagle Unbowed" nobody had written a comprehensive English-language history of Poland at war. A British-born historian whose own family's experiences dot her pages, she weaves together the political, military, diplomatic and human strands of the story...Ms Kochanski gives admirably clear accounts of the battlefield. She unpicks other tangles too: the tense relationship between the impatient, ill-informed underground leadership in Poland and the divided, ill-led exiled government in London, sidelined and then dumped by the allies as the Soviet armies marched west. She has a keen eye for the striking quote...She uncovers details that will surprise even history geeks...Ms Kochanski marshals an impressive and comprehensive array of English and Polish material". ("Economist"). "An informative, authoritative and wide-ranging account of the tragedy that befell Poland and its inhabitants, Gentiles and Jews, during the war and its aftermath. The less well-known story of the Poles deported to the Soviet Union is particularly vivid and moving. An engaging and important book". (Hubert Zawadzki (author of "A Concise History of Poland")
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxxi, 733 p., [16] p. of plates
- Contents
-
- Machine generated contents note: 1.The Rebirth of Poland
- 2.Polish Foreign Policy, 1920-1939
- 3.The September 1939 Campaign
- 4.The German and Soviet Occupation of Poland to June 1941
- 5.Exile in the Soviet Union
- 6.Escape from the Soviet Union
- 7.Poland's Contribution to the Allied War Effort, 1940-1943
- 8.Polish Non-combatants Outside Poland, 1939-1945
- 9.The Dark Years: Occupied Poland, 1941-1943
- 10.The Holocaust, 1941-1943
- 11.Sikorski's Diplomacy, 1941-1943
- 12.Threats to the Standing of the Polish Government-in-Exile and the Polish Underground Authorities
- 13.The Polish Dilemma: The Retreat of the Germans and the Advance of the Red Army
- 14.Poland: The Inconvenient Ally
- 15.Fighting under British Command, 1943-1945
- 16.The End of the War
- 17.The Aftermath of the War
- 18.The Final Chapter
- Isbn
- 9781846143540
- Label
- The eagle unbowed : Poland and the Poles in the Second World War
- Title
- The eagle unbowed
- Title remainder
- Poland and the Poles in the Second World War
- Statement of responsibility
- Halik Kochanski
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 'Poland has not yet died, So long as we still live...' By almost every measure the fate of the inhabitants of Poland was the most terrible of any group in the Second World War. Following the destruction of its armed forces in the autumn of 1939, the Republic of Poland was partitioned between Nazi and Soviet forces and officially ceased to exist. Racial violence and ideological conformity were at the very heart of the new regimes. As the war progressed millions of Poles were killed, with each phase unleashing a further round, from the industrialised genocide of Treblinka to the crushing of the Warsaw Rising. Polish Jews were all to be murdered, Christians reduced to a semi-literate slave class. In this powerful and original new book Halik Kochanski has written perhaps the most important 'missing' work on the whole conflict: an attempt in a single volume to describe both the fate of those trapped within occupied Poland and of those millions of Poles who were able to escape. Reviews: "Until Halik Kochanski's "The Eagle Unbowed" nobody had written a comprehensive English-language history of Poland at war. A British-born historian whose own family's experiences dot her pages, she weaves together the political, military, diplomatic and human strands of the story...Ms Kochanski gives admirably clear accounts of the battlefield. She unpicks other tangles too: the tense relationship between the impatient, ill-informed underground leadership in Poland and the divided, ill-led exiled government in London, sidelined and then dumped by the allies as the Soviet armies marched west. She has a keen eye for the striking quote...She uncovers details that will surprise even history geeks...Ms Kochanski marshals an impressive and comprehensive array of English and Polish material". ("Economist"). "An informative, authoritative and wide-ranging account of the tragedy that befell Poland and its inhabitants, Gentiles and Jews, during the war and its aftermath. The less well-known story of the Poles deported to the Soviet Union is particularly vivid and moving. An engaging and important book". (Hubert Zawadzki (author of "A Concise History of Poland")
- Cataloging source
- UKMGB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kochanski, Halik
- Dewey number
- 940.5405
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Polish people
- Poland
- Label
- The eagle unbowed : Poland and the Poles in the Second World War, Halik Kochanski
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.The Rebirth of Poland -- 2.Polish Foreign Policy, 1920-1939 -- 3.The September 1939 Campaign -- 4.The German and Soviet Occupation of Poland to June 1941 -- 5.Exile in the Soviet Union -- 6.Escape from the Soviet Union -- 7.Poland's Contribution to the Allied War Effort, 1940-1943 -- 8.Polish Non-combatants Outside Poland, 1939-1945 -- 9.The Dark Years: Occupied Poland, 1941-1943 -- 10.The Holocaust, 1941-1943 -- 11.Sikorski's Diplomacy, 1941-1943 -- 12.Threats to the Standing of the Polish Government-in-Exile and the Polish Underground Authorities -- 13.The Polish Dilemma: The Retreat of the Germans and the Advance of the Red Army -- 14.Poland: The Inconvenient Ally -- 15.Fighting under British Command, 1943-1945 -- 16.The End of the War -- 17.The Aftermath of the War -- 18.The Final Chapter
- Control code
- 000050128945
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xxxi, 733 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9781846143540
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)795857061
- Label
- The eagle unbowed : Poland and the Poles in the Second World War, Halik Kochanski
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.The Rebirth of Poland -- 2.Polish Foreign Policy, 1920-1939 -- 3.The September 1939 Campaign -- 4.The German and Soviet Occupation of Poland to June 1941 -- 5.Exile in the Soviet Union -- 6.Escape from the Soviet Union -- 7.Poland's Contribution to the Allied War Effort, 1940-1943 -- 8.Polish Non-combatants Outside Poland, 1939-1945 -- 9.The Dark Years: Occupied Poland, 1941-1943 -- 10.The Holocaust, 1941-1943 -- 11.Sikorski's Diplomacy, 1941-1943 -- 12.Threats to the Standing of the Polish Government-in-Exile and the Polish Underground Authorities -- 13.The Polish Dilemma: The Retreat of the Germans and the Advance of the Red Army -- 14.Poland: The Inconvenient Ally -- 15.Fighting under British Command, 1943-1945 -- 16.The End of the War -- 17.The Aftermath of the War -- 18.The Final Chapter
- Control code
- 000050128945
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xxxi, 733 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9781846143540
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)795857061
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