The Polish underground 1939-1947
| Titel: | The Polish underground 1939-1947 / David G. Williamson |
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| Verfasser: | |
| Veröffentlicht: | South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2012 |
| Umfang: | 256 S. : 30 Ill. ; 23x16 cm |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
Campaign Cronicles |
| ISBN: | 9781848842816 ; 1848842813 |
| Hinweise zum Inhalt: |
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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| Lokale Klassifikation: | 32 14 E ; 32 7 N ; 61 7 N ; 32 3 F ; 36 8 W 1431 |
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- Maps and Plates
- p. ix
- Acknowledgements
- p. xiv
- Background
- p. 1
- Poland: a Fragile State
- p. 2
- Planning Guerrilla Warfare
- p. 3
- Invasion and Partition
- p. 5
- Siege of Warsaw, 7-27 September 1939
- p. 7
- Formation of the Polish Government-in-Exile
- p. 8
- 'Post-September' Resistance
- p. 8
- Creation of the Polish Underground
- p. 10
- Enemy-Occupied Poland
- p. 15
- General Government
- p. 16
- German Army of Occupation
- p. 19
- Soviet Zone
- p. 20
- Poles and the Occupation
- p. 23
- Campaign Chronicle
- p. 26
- Resistance, September 1939-June 1940
- p. 26
- Attempts to Centralize Armed Resistance and Avoidance of Premature Action
- p. 34
- Sabotage Operations in Romania and Hungary
- p. 37
- Organization, Supply and Sabotage in Poland
- p. 41
- Fall of France
- p. 42
- Impact of the Fall of France on the Polish Underground
- p. 43
- London and the Polish Resistance After the Fall of France
- p. 45
- Communications with Occupied Poland
- p. 48
- Plans for Future Action
- p. 51
- Polish Resistance Amongst the Diaspora
- p. 52
- Growth of Resistance in German-Occupied Poland
- p. 53
- Soviet-Occupied Poland
- p. 59
- Diplomatic Consequences of Barbarossa
- p. 60
- Conditions in Poland, June 1941-January 1943
- p. 62
- Growing Popular Resistance
- p. 63
- Attempts to Supply the Underground by Air
- p. 66
- Diversionary Activities in Poland
- p. 69
- Operation Wachlarz
- p. 71
- Intelligence and Liaison, 1941-1942
- p. 73
- Development of the Polish Home Army, June 1941-December 1942
- p. 77
- British POWs and the Polish Resistance
- p. 81
- The Written Word as a Weapon
- p. 84
- The Spectre of Communism: Communist Partisan Bands, 1941-1942
- p. 87
- The Zamosc Crisis
- p. 92
- Polish Resistance in France
- p. 93
- Ambitious Diplomatic Schemes
- p. 94
- Deteriorating Relations Between the Polish Government-in-Exile and the USSR
- p. 95
- Katyn
- p. 95
- Anglo-American Appeasement of the USSR
- p. 97
- The State of Poland, January 1943-August 1944
- p. 98
- The Streamlining of the Underground State
- p. 100
- Assassinations
- p. 100
- The Gestapo Fights Back
- p. 102
- Intelligence, 1943-1944
- p. 103
- Aircraft and Ballistic Rocket Projects
- p. 104
- The Communist Challenge, 1943-1944
- p. 107
- Jewish Resistance and the Poles
- p. 109
- The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, April-May 1943
- p. 110
- Resistance in the Other Ghettos
- p. 113
- Zegota and Polish Assistance to the Jews
- p. 114
- Partisan Operations: the AK
- p. 114
- Operation Tempest
- p. 117
- Supplying the AK from Italy
- p. 118
- Operations Jula and Ewa, April 1944
- p. 120
- Partisan Operations: GL/AL and the 'Forest People'
- p. 121
- The Red Army Enters Polish Territory
- p. 125
- The Political Failure of Operation Tempest, January-July 1944
- p. 126
- The SOE Intervenes, May 1944
- p. 129
- Resistance Behind German Lines in the General Government, January-July 1944
- p. 130
- The Red Army Crosses the Bug
- p. 133
- Polish Resistance in Europe
- p. 134
- The Warsaw Uprising: the Decision to Revolt
- p. 136
- The Outbreak of the Revolt: 1-5 August
- p. 140
- The German Counter-Offensive
- p. 144
- The Attack on the Old Town, 8-19 August
- p. 148
- The Insurgents Retreat from the Old Town
- p. 150
- The City Centre, Mokotów and Zoliborz
- p. 151
- Attitude of the Soviet Union
- p. 153
- Help from the Western Allies: Too Little and Too Late
- p. 155
- September: Hanging on
- p. 160
- Surrender
- p. 164
- The Civilian Population During the Uprising
- p. 166
- The Three Polands, October 1944
- p. 168
- Opposition to the Polish Committee of National Liberation
- p. 169
- The Re-establishment of the Underground State in the General Government
- p. 173
- The Moscow Conference, October 1944
- p. 175
- The AK's Attempt to Regroup, October 1944-January 1945
- p. 175
- Supply and Liaison
- p. 176
- Dispatch of the British Military Mission to Poland
- p. 177
- Intelligence, Sabotage and Guerrilla War in the General Government, October 1944-January 1945
- p. 179
- The AL and NSZ
- p. 182
- Soviet Advance, January 1945
- p. 182
- Continuing the War Against Germany Outside Poland
- p. 185
- Aftermath
- p. 186
- Dissolution of the AK and the Emergence of NIE
- p. 186
- Flight and Concealment
- p. 187
- End of the Underground State, March-June 1945
- p. 189
- The Revolt of April-July 1945
- p. 191
- Creation of the Provisional Government of National Unity and the First Amnesty
- p. 193
- Support for the Underground from Poles Abroad
- p. 196
- General Anders and the Former Polish Government-in-Exile
- p. 199
- The Referendum and the General Election, 1946-1947
- p. 202
- Assessment
- p. 204
- Appendices
- p. 208
- I
- Chronology of Major Events
- p. 208
- II
- Biographies of Key Figures
- p. 213
- III
- Glossary and Abbreviations
- p. 220
- IV
- Orders of Battle and Statistics
- p. 223
- V
- Survivors' Reminiscences
- p. 227
- Sources
- p. 233
- Index
- p. 237
