Description
Product ID: | 9780750993975 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Poland Alone |
Subtitle: | Britain, SOE and the Collapse of the Polish Resistance, 1944 |
Authors: | Author: Jonathan Walker |
Page Count: | 384 |
Subjects: | Second World War, Second World War, Espionage and secret services, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Espionage & secret services, Pressure groups & lobbying, Poland, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating A gripping account of Polish resistance during the Second World War Poland was the ''tripwire'' that brought Britain into the Second World War, but it was largely the fear of the new Nazi-Soviet Pact rather than the cementing of an old relationship that created the formal alliance. But neither Britain, nor Poland''s older ally, France, had the material means to prevent Poland being overrun in 1939. The broadcast, ''Poland is no longer alone'' had a distinctly hollow ring. During the next four years the Polish Government in exile and armed forces made a significant contribution to the allied war effort; in return the Polish Home Army received a paltry 600 tons of supplies. Poland Alone focuses on the bloody Warsaw Uprising of 1944, when the Polish Resistance attempted to gain control of their city from the German Army. They expected help from the Allies but received none, and they were left helpless as the Russians moved in. The War ended with over five million Poles dead, three million of whom died in the concentration camps. |
Imprint Name: | The History Press Ltd |
Publisher Name: | The History Press Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2020-04-30 |