The Polish Underground Army, the Western Allies, and the Failure of Strategic Unity in World War IIMcFarland, 2009年9月1日 - 254 頁 This military history covers the attempts of General Wladyslaw Sikorski and his successor (General Kazimierz Sosnkowski) to integrate Polish forces into Western strategy, and to have their clandestine forces declared an allied combatant. It addresses 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 the 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. |
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Foreword by Piotr S Wandycz | 1 |
Preface | 5 |
1 The Interwar Period 19191939 | 11 |
October 1939 through June 1940 | 25 |
3 June 1940 through June 1941 | 43 |
4 June 1941 through December 1942 | 67 |
5 January 1943 through November 1943 | 97 |
6 November 1943 through July 1944 | 119 |
Appendix II First PolishUnited Kingdom Agreement 1940 Pertaining to the Polish Air Force | 188 |
Appendix III PolishBritish Land Forces Agreement 1940 | 193 |
Appendix IV Revised PolishBritish Air Force Agreement 1944 | 196 |
Appendix V Costs of the Polish Forces While Based in the United Kingdom | 202 |
Appendix VI Strength of the Polish Forces in Exile at Wars End | 204 |
Occupied Homeland Sends Two Flags to Its Warriors in Exile | 205 |
Appendix VIII Chronology of Important Events | 206 |
Chapter Notes | 213 |