Politics and the Armed Forces
Subtitle: the Poles in the Second World War
By: Maciej Szczurowski
Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Toruń, Poland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9788380193055
Subjects: History; Politics and government; World War, 1939-1945; Campaigns; Armed Forces; Military campaigns; Poland. Armia; Poland; World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924
Description: "The author contradicts previously commonly expressed opinions on the topics mentioned in the title of the book, many of which are very popular yet have no real support in sources. Therefore, he based his study on rich historiography concerning these issues. For the formulation of his own, often polemical views and to deepen the image author used many archival sources not only Polish (both from country and emigration), but also Russian, Latvian, English and American. The information contained therein were used to present in the book new research findings, which form an essential contribution to the knowledge of the political and military situation of Poland and Poles during World War II."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Polish Army in World War II. Introduction to the subject; title: The 1939 September Campaign. Attempt of recapitulation; title: Living behind the barbed wires. Polish soldiers interned and captured; title: In the land of France. Political and military aspects of forming the Polish Army in France; title: In the desert sands. The Polish Independent Brigade Group in Africa; title: The Albion relief. The Polish Army in the British Isles; title: In the arms of the Big Brother. Polish Military Forces in the Soviet Union; title: By the rivers of Babylon. The Polish Army in the Middle East; title: Sixty kilometers from Katyń. The Battle of Lenino of Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division; title: On the way to the eternal city. The legend and truth on Monte Cassino; title: Hot summer of 1944: was "Storm" necessary?; title: The liberators of Europe. The battles of Polish Armed Forces in the final period of war; title: Best of the best. Soldiers and senior commanders of the Polish Army during WWII.