Rising '44: the battle for Warsaw

An account of the August 1944 battle for Warsaw describes how the Polish Resistance mobilized to expel the Germans and discusses the consequences of Stalin's halting of the Russian offensive, a move that cost the lives of thousands of Polish citizens.

  • OCLC #: 53287812
  • ISBN #:
    • 0670032840
    • 9780670032846
    • 0330488635
    • 9780330488631
  • Call #: D765.2.W3D34 2004
  • Physical Location: Pritzker Military Museum & Library — Staff Office-403 — D765.2.W3 D34 2004
  • Personal Collection:
    • The Norman Kuperman Military History Collection.
  • Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice: New York, New York : Viking, 2004. ©2003
  • Edition:
    • First American edition.
  • Physical Description: xxvi, 752 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • General Notes:
    • Originally published: London : Macmillan, 2003.
  • Contents:
    • Before the Rising. The Allied coalition ; The German occupation ; Eastern approaches ; Resistance
    • The Rising. The Warsaw Rising ; Outbreak ; Impasse ; Attrition ; Junction ; Finale
    • After the Rising. Vae Victis: woe to the defeated, 1944-45 ; Stalinist repression, 1945-56 ; Echoes of the Rising, 1956-2000 ; Interim report.
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