The Polish Underground Army, the Western Allies, and the Failure of Strategic Unity in World War II - Hardcover

Michael Alfred Peszke

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 078642009X ISBN 13: 9780786420094

Publisher: McFarland Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

This military history covers the attempts of General Wladyslaw Sikorski and his successor (General Kazimierz Sosnkowski) to integrate the Polish forces into Western strategy, and to have their clandestine forces declared an allied combatant. It addressess such topics as Poland's part in the Norwegian and French campaigns, the Battle of Britain, Polish intelligence services, Polish radio communications, the Polish Parachute Brigade, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the Bomber Offensive, the Katyn graves, Polish air crews in RAF Transport Command, the Tehran Conference, Polish Wings in the 2nd Tactical Air Force, the Bardsea Plan, the invasion of Normandy, the Pierwsza Pancera, the Warsaw Uprising, Operation Freston, the disbanding of the Polish Home Army, and the Yalta Conference.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Alfred Peszke lives in Wakefield, Rhode Island. This is his third book on World War II-era Poland.

Review:

Independent scholar Michael Alfred Peszke is professor emeritus, University of Connecticut, School of Medicine. He is a distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and member emeritus of American College of Psychiatrists. Peszke has written three books, a number of chapters and fifteen papers. He lives in Wakefield, Rhode Island. --The Polish Review

"Excellent insight...ambitious, well written, and revealing...overwhelming" --Sarmatian Review

"A great deal of information and solid analysis...solid and worthwhile evaluation...offers the reader new insight into the relationship of Poland and its allies" --Military Review

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 078642009X
• ISBN 13: 9780786420094
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 244