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Rising '44

The Battle for Warsaw

By Norman Davies

By Norman Davies

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Oct 04, 2005 | ISBN 9780143035404

Rising '44 by Norman Davies
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About Rising ’44

One of the most dramatic and shameful episodes in World War II was the doomed Warsaw uprising of 1944—an uprising that failed because the Allies betrayed it. Now that story comes to its full terrible life in this gripping account by the bestselling historian Norman Davies.

In August 1944, encouraged by the advance of the Red Army, the Polish Resistance poured forty thousand fighters into the streets of Warsaw to reclaim the city from the hated Germans. But Stalin condemned the uprising as a criminal venture. For sixty-three days the Wehrmacht methodically set about crushing the rebellion and destroying the city. Following the battle’s desperate progress through the cellars and sewers of Warsaw, Rising ’44 retrieves its subject from the shadows of history, revealing its pivotal importance to the outcome of World War II and the Cold War that followed.

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About Norman Davies

Norman Davies is Professor Emeritus of the University of London and a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. He is the author of several books on Polish and European history including: God’s Playground; White Eagle; Red Star; The Isles; Europe; and… More about Norman Davies

Product Details

Category: World War II Military History | European World History

Paperback | $22.00
Published by Penguin Books
Oct 04, 2005 | 848 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780143035404

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Praise

“Should be compulsory reading… Rips away at many of our lazy assumptions about the outcome of the Second World War.” —The Guardian, London

[Davies’] knowledge and his passion are displayed in this notable book. His research among Polish and Soviet sources is exhaustive… —Max Hastings, Sunday Telegraph (London)

Table Of Contents

Rising ’44Foreword
List of Illustrations

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Part One. Before the Rising

Chapter I: The Allied Coalition
Chapter II: The German Occupation
Chapter III: Eastern Approaches
Chapter IV: Resistance

Part Two. The Rising

Chapter V: The Warsaw Rising
Outbreak; Impasse; Attrition; Junction; Finale

Part Three. After the Rising

Chapter VI: Vae Victis: Woe to the Defeated, 1944-45
Chapter VII: Stalinist Repression, 1945-56
Chapter VIII: Echoes of the Rising, 1956-2000
Interim Report

Appendices
Notes
Notes to Capsules
Notes to Appendices
Index

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