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An account of the August 1944 battle for Warsaw describes how the Polish Resistance mobilized to expel the Germans and discusses the consequences of Stalin's halting of the Russian offensive, a move that cost the lives of thousands of Polish citizens.
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Not to be confused with the Ghetto Uprising of the year before, the Warsaw Rising of 1944 saw the Polish Resistance attempt to throw out the German occupiers only to be mercilessly crushed while the Soviet Army stood passively by. Before treating the events of the rising itself, Davies (emeritus, London U., UK) narrates the road leading up to the Rising from the separate perspectives of the Allies, the German occupiers, the Soviet Red Army, and the Polish Resistance, dealing with each in turn. He also explores the aftermath of the Rising up to the present time. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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