Warsaw 1944

Warsaw 1944

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Forczyk Robert
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
EAN: 9781846033520
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This illustrated account tells the story of the dramatic uprising of the Polish Home Army in Warsaw in 1944.

Defeated and occupied in 1939, Poland had suffered under the Nazi heel for nearly five years. Undaunted, however, the Poles formed an underground army, the Armia Krajowa (Home Army), and waited for a moment of German weakness. That moment seemed to have arrived in July 1944 as the Soviet armies began to advance into eastern Poland. The AK launched its revolt in Warsaw on 1 August 1944.

Though its 5,000 fighters achieved some initial successes, the Germans were able to retain control over both the Vistula River bridges and the airbase, dooming the revolt to isolation and defeat. The SS was put in charge of suppressing the rebellion, beginning a wave of atrocities shocking even by Eastern Front standards.

Featuring full-colour maps and archive photography throughout, this volume describes the desperate rebellion and its outcomes.

EAN 9781846033520
ISBN 1846033527
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication date March 10, 2009
Pages 96
Language English
Dimensions 248 x 184 x 8
Country United Kingdom
Readership General
Authors Forczyk Robert
Illustrators Dennis, Peter
Illustrations 40 b/w; 40 col
Series Campaign
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