British political and military strategy in Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe in 1944

Front Matter....Pages i-xv British Military Planning and Aims in 1944....Pages 1-20 British Political Aims in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe, 1944....Pages 21-39 Problems of the Alliance: Misconceptions and Misunderstandings....Pages 40-53 Central and Eastern Europe at the Quebec Conference....Pages 54-66 The Moscow Conference of October 1944 (Tolstoy)....Pages 67-77 Resistance in Occupied Central and Southeastern Europe....Pages 78-110 The Yugoslav Partisans and the British in 1944....Pages 111-129 British Strategy towards Greece in 1944....Pages 130-150 The Birth and Growth of Romania’s Anti-fascist Resistance Movement....Pages 151-161 Some Notes on Operation Autonomous: Romania, 1944....Pages 162-179 Problems of the Hungarian Resistance after the German Occupation, 1944....Pages 180-189 Anti-Fascist Resistance in Bulgaria — 1944....Pages 190-200 Bulgaria in August 1944: A British View....Pages 201-211 Poland and Great Britain in 1944....Pages 212-222 The 1944 Slovak Rising....Pages 223-234 Soviet Policy on the Balkans in 1944: A British View....Pages 235-252 Back Matter....Pages 253-261 This book examines one of the most controversial question of World War II - British military and political strategy towards Central and Eastern Europe in the crucial year, 1944, which determined the fate of this vast region in the post-war world.