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

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
Creator
Subject
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
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  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Polish people
  • Poland
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The eagle unbowed : Poland and the Poles in the Second World War, Halik Kochanski
Instantiates
Publication
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
Publication
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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