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| Title: | Poland in World War 2
: An Illustrated Military History |
| Author: | Andrew Hempel |
| ISBN: | 0781810043 : 9780781810043 |
| Illustrations: | 50 b/w photos & illus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 125x180mm |
| Pages: | 117 |
| Weight: | .138 Kg. |
| Published: | Hippocrene Books - June 2005 |
| List Price: | 8.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | World history: Second World War: WARFARE & DEFENCE: Poland |
Poland's participation in World War II is generally little known in the West. This illustrated history presents the Polish military war effort, intermingled with factual human interest stories.
CONTENTS: Historical Background; Defence of Poland: 1 September - 6 October 1939; Continued Struggle for Poland Abroad; Narvik; Defence of France; The Polish Air Force in Great Britain; Jews Under German Occupation -- The "Final Solution"; German Terror and the Polish Underground State; Soviet Occupation and the Polish Army in the Soviet Union; Italian Campaign and the Battle of Monte Cassino; Polish Armed Forces in the Soviet Union; Normandy, Belgium Holland and Wilhelmshaven; Arnhem; The Warsaw Uprising: 1 August - 5 October 1944; Epilogue; Index.
