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Rising '44

Norman Davies

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      Rising '44 is a brilliant narrative account of one of the most dramatic episodes in 20th century history, drawing on Davies' unique understanding of the issues and characters involved. In August 1944 Warsaw offered the Wehrmacht the last line of defence against the Red Army's march from Moscow to Berlin. When the Red Army reached the river Vistula, the people of Warsaw believed that liberation had come. The Resistance took to the streets in celebration, but the Soviets remained where they were, allowing the Wehrmacht time to regroup and Hitler to order that the city of Warsaw be razed to the ground. For 63 days the Resistance fought on in the cellars and the sewers. Defenceless citizens were slaughtered in their tens of thousands. One by one the City's monuments were reduced to rubble, watched by Soviet troops on the other bank of the river. The Allies expressed regret but decided that there was nothing to be done, Poland would not be allowed to be governed by Poles. The sacrifice was in vain and the Soviet tanks rolled in to the flattened city. It is a hugely dramatic story, vividly and authoritatively told by one of our greatest historians.
      CONTRIBUTORS: Norman Davies EAN: 9781509868308 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 560 g HEIGHT: 196 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan DATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Europe / Poland WIDTH: 130 cm SPINE:

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      Poland, c 1940 to c 1949, Battles and campaigns, European history, Modern warfare, Second World War
      Rising '44 is a brilliant narrative account of one of the most dramatic episodes in 20th century history, drawing on Davies' unique understanding of the issues and characters involved. In August 1944 Warsaw offered the Wehrmacht the last line of defence against the Red Army's march from Moscow to Berlin. When the Red Army reached the river Vistula, the people of Warsaw believed that liberation had come. The Resistance took to the streets in celebration, but the Soviets remained where they were, allowing the Wehrmacht time to regroup and Hitler to order that the city of Warsaw be razed to the ground. For 63 days the Resistance fought on in the cellars and the sewers. Defenceless citizens were slaughtered in their tens of thousands. One by one the City's monuments were reduced to rubble, watched by Soviet troops on the other bank of the river. The Allies expressed regret but decided that there was nothing to be done, Poland would not be allowed to be governed by Poles. The sacrifice was in vain and the Soviet tanks rolled in to the flattened city. It is a hugely dramatic story, vividly and authoritatively told by one of our greatest historians.
      CONTRIBUTORS: Norman Davies EAN: 9781509868308 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 560 g HEIGHT: 196 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan DATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Europe / Poland WIDTH: 130 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Poland, c 1940 to c 1949, Battles and campaigns, European history, Modern warfare, Second World War

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      Norman Davies was for many years Professor of History at the School of Slavonic Studies, University of London. He is the author of the acclaimed Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe and the Number One bestseller Europe: A History. His previous books, which include Rising '44:The Battle for Warsaw, The Isles: A History and God's Playground: A History of Poland, have been translated worldwide. From 1997 to 2004 he was Supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford; he is now Professor at the Jagiellonian University at Kraków, and an Honorary Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford. He is also a Fellow of the British Academy. He lives in Oxford and Kraków.

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