The Warsaw Rising of 1944 (Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies, Series Number 15)

Why Did The Polish Underground Home Army Call For What Proved To Be A Suicidal Uprising? Why Did They Decide That Their Poorly Armed Troops Should Alone Liberate Warsaw Shortly Before The Soviet Entry Into The Capital? Why Were The Approaching Russians Not Informed? Why Did The Red Army Fail To Take Warsaw In The First Days Of August 1944 As Both Stalin And Bor-kornorowski Had Anticipated? Dr Ciechanowski Examines In Detail The Political, Diplomatic, Ideological And Military Background Of The Rising And The Events And Decisions Which Immediately Preceded It. He Traces In Turn: The Main Aspects Of Polish Politics, Strategy And Diplomacy During The Whole Of The Second World War. It Is Based Primarily On Unpublished Polish Contemporary Documents And On Interviews With Highly Placed Participants In, And Witnesses Of, The Warsaw Rising. It Provides A Definitive Account Of Why The Rising Took Place And Is An Extremely Important Contribution To The History Of The Second World War. The Big Three And Poland: July 1943-july 1944. -- The Genesis Of The Polish Resistance Movement. -- Attempts To Unify The Polish Resistance Movement. -- The Polish Grand Strategy, 1941-1943. -- The 'tempest' Plan. -- The London Poles And 'tempest' -- The 'tempest' East Of Warsaw. -- The Fate Of Warsaw. -- Why Warsaw Rose. -- Warsaw And The émigré Leaders. [by] Jan M. Ciechanowski. Rev. And Abridged Version Of The Author's Thesis, The Political And Ideological Background Of The Warsaw Rising, 1944, University Of London, 1968, And The Polish Ed. Published 1971 Under Title: Powstanie Warszawskie. Bibliography: P. 318-325. CONTENTS......Page 6 ABBREVIATIONS......Page 7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 8 INTRODUCTION......Page 10 1 The Big Three and Poland: July 1943-July 1944......Page 14 2 The Genesis of the Polish Resistance Movement......Page 82 3 Attempts to Unify the Polish Resistance Movement......Page 97 4 The Polish Grand Strategy, 1941-1943......Page 142 5 The 'Tempesf Plan......Page 162 6 The London Poles and 'Tempest'......Page 185 7 The 'Tempest' East of Warsaw......Page 203 8 The Fate of Warsaw......Page 225 9 Why Warsaw Rose......Page 256 Index......Page 339 Cambridge University Press CONTENTS 6 ABBREVIATIONS 7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 8 INTRODUCTION 10 1 The Big Three and Poland: July 1943-July 1944 14 2 The Genesis of the Polish Resistance Movement 82 3 Attempts to Unify the Polish Resistance Movement 97 4 The Polish Grand Strategy, 1941-1943 142 5 The 'Tempesf Plan 162 6 The London Poles and 'Tempest' 185 7 The 'Tempest' East of Warsaw 203 8 The Fate of Warsaw 225 9 Why Warsaw Rose 256 Index 339 9780521894418,9780521202039 This book is a revised version of the Polish edition published in 1971. It is based primarily on unpublished Polish contemporary documents and on interviews with highly placed participants in, and witnesses of, the Warsaw Rising. It provides a definitive account of why the Rising took place and is an extremely important contribution to the history of the Second World War. The German attack on Poland, which precipitated the outbreak of the Second World War and finally led to the destruction of the Third Reich, began on 1 September 1939.