Poland Betrayed
| Titel: | Poland Betrayed : The Nazi-Soviet Invasions of 1939 |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2009 |
| Umfang: | X, 228 S. : Abb., Kt. |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISBN: | 9781844159260 |
| Hinweise zum Inhalt: |
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- Maps and Illustrations
- p. viii
- Acknowledgements
- p. x
- Background
- p. 1
- Poland: The Crucified Nation
- p. 1
- Emergence of the New Poland 1918-20
- p. 2
- Enemies of the New Polish State
- p. 6
- Development of Poland 1919-38
- p. 8
- The Re-Emergence of Germany and Russia as Major Military Powers
- p. 10
- Germany Rearms
- p. 10
- Development of Soviet Armed Forces
- p. 14
- Rebirth of Poland's Armed Forces 1919-39
- p. 17
- Air Defence
- p. 23
- The Navy
- p. 25
- Industrial Mobilization
- p. 26
- Poland's Triumph: Breaking the Nazi Codes
- p. 30
- From the Anschluss to the Seizure of Teschen
- p. 32
- Poland, Danzig and the British Guarantee
- p. 36
- The German Response
- p. 40
- Too Little and Too Late
- p. 41
- Polish Civil Defence Preparations 1938-39
- p. 47
- Plans 'W' and 'Z'
- p. 48
- Polish Air and Naval Plans
- p. 52
- Fall Weiss
- p. 54
- Countdown to War
- p. 56
- The Nazi-Soviet Pact
- p. 58
- War Postponed for a Week
- p. 60
- Campaign Chronicle
- p. 63
- Preliminary Incidents
- p. 63
- 31 August 1939: The Wehrmacht's Orders
- p. 64
- 1-17 September: Fighting in Danzig, Westerplatte and the Coastal Regions
- p. 65
- 1-6 September: Rout of the Polish Air Force
- p. 69
- 1-7 September: The Land War
- p. 80
- Elimination of the Corridor
- p. 80
- Massacres and Reprisals in Bydgoszcz
- p. 83
- The German Advance from East Prussia
- p. 85
- All Quiet in the Poznań Salient
- p. 86
- The German Breakthrough in the South-west
- p. 87
- Britain and France Declare War
- p. 97
- 8-17 September: Battle of the Bzura
- p. 100
- 10-20 September: The Situation Elsewhere
- p. 107
- 7-27 September: The Siege of Warsaw
- p. 110
- 17 September: The Soviets Intervene
- p. 116
- 17-30 September: The Russo-Polish War
- p. 120
- The Soviet Occupation of Lwów
- p. 125
- 21-28 September: Germany and Russia Decide Poland's Fate
- p. 128
- 22 September-6 October: Mopping Up
- p. 129
- 19 September-2 October: Modlin and the Hel Peninsula
- p. 130
- 17-30 September: Exodus of the Fortunate Few
- p. 132
- 31 August-14 October: The Polish Navy Escapes to Britain
- p. 136
- September-December 1939: Escape from Internment
- p. 140
- October 1939-May 1940: The Poles Fight On
- p. 144
- Aftermath
- p. 151
- The German Zones
- p. 151
- The Russian Zones
- p. 155
- Prisoners of War
- p. 157
- Katyń
- p. 159
- Resistance
- p. 160
- Assessment
- p. 163
- Appendices
- Appendix I
- Chronology of Major Events
- p. 171
- Appendix II
- Biographies of Key Figures
- p. 177
- Appendix III
- Glossary and Abbreviations
- p. 185
- Appendix IV
- Orders of Battle
- p. 187
- Appendix V
- Survivors' Reminiscences
- p. 197
- Sources
- p. 219
- Index
- p. 223
