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Genre/Form: | History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Borodziej, Włodzimierz. Warsaw Uprising of 1944. Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2006 (OCoLC)607381821 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Włodzimierz Borodziej |
ISBN: | 0299207307 9780299207304 |
OCLC Number: | 58975792 |
Language Note: | Translated from the German. |
Description: | x, 183 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Introduction -- Occupation and resistance -- The "Polish Question," 1939-1944 -- Planning the uprising and first attempt of transition -- The dress rehearsal: Lwów, Lublin, Vilnius -- On the way to the decision: July 20-31, 1944 -- Attack and mass murder -- Refusal from Moscow -- German counteroffensive and battle for the Old City -- In the shadow of the Old City: Center, Mokotów, and Żoliborz in August -- September: struggle for surrender -- The civilian population -- Epilogue. |
Other Titles: | Warschauer Aufstand 1944. |
Responsibility: | Wlodzimierz Borodziej, translated by Barbara Harshav. |
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Abstract:
Dramatically tells the largely unknown story of the Warsaw resistance movement during World War II. The author presents an evenhanded account of what is commonly considered the darkest chapter in Polish history during World War II. This concise account of the trauma is intended for students of Polish history.
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The most objective recounting yet of the ill-fated 1944 Warsaw Uprising of Polish resistance fighters. - Focus

