Kochanski, Halik.

The eagle unbowed : Poland and the Poles in the Second World War / Halik Kochanski. - First Harvard University Press edition. - xxxi, 733 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

"First published in the United Kingdom by Penguin Books ... 2012"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Definitions of Poland and the Polish -- Guide to Polish Pronunciation -- The Rebirth of Poland -- Polish Foreign Policy, 1920-1939 -- The September 1939 Campaign -- The German and Soviet Occupation of Poland to June 1941 -- Exile in the Soviet Union -- Escape from the Soviet Union -- Poland's Contribution to the Allied War Effort, 1940-1943 -- Polish Non-combatants Outside Poland, 1939-1945 -- The Dark Years : Occupied Poland, 1941-1943 -- The Holocaust, 1941-1943 -- Sikorski's Diplomacy, 1941-1943 -- Threats to the Standing of the Polish Government-in-Exile and the Polish Underground Authorities -- The Polish Dilemma : The Retreat of the Germans and the Advance of the Red Army -- Poland : The Inconvenient Ally -- Fighting under British Command, 1943-1945 -- The End of the War -- The Aftermath of the War -- The Final Chapter -- Appendix 1: Order of Battle of the Polish Army, 1939-1945 -- Appendix 2: Principal Polish Personalities.

9780674068148 (cloth : alkaline paper) : $35.00 0674068149 (cloth : alkaline paper) 9780674284005

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World War, 1939-1945--Poland.
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Poland--Politics and government--1918-1945.
Poland--Social conditions--1918-1945.

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