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Trail of hope : the Anders Army, an odyssey across three continents /

Davies, Norman, 1939-

Trail of hope : the Anders Army, an odyssey across three continents / Norman Davies. - 597 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

"Davies draws from years of meticulous research to recount the compelling story of this unit, the Polish II Corps or 'Anders Army', and their exceptional journey from the Gulag of Siberia through Iran, the Middle East and North Africa to the battlefields of Italy to fight shoulder-to-shoulder with Allied forces"--Amazon.com

ISBN: 9781472816030 147281603X

LCCN: 2016303450

Subjects--Personal Names:
Anders, Władysław, 1892-1970.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Poland. Polskie Siły Zbrojne. Polski Korpus, 2 --History.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--Poland.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Russian.
World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
Prisoners of war--Poland--Biography.
Prisoners of war--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--Biography.
Escapes--Russia (Federation)--Siberia.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.

LC Class. No.: D765.13 / .D38 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 940.54/0945

Biblioteki Polonii Amerykańskiej
Biblioteka Instytutu Józefa Piłsudskiego w Ameryce Library of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America	Biblioteka imienia Alfreda Jurzykowskiego Polskiego Instytutu Naukowego w Ameryce The Alfred Jurzykowski Memorial Library of the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America	Biblioteka Marjanczyków Polskiej Fundacji Kulturalnej The Marjanczyk Library of the Polish Cultural Foundation	Biblioteka Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej Library of the Kosciuszko Foundation