Rising '44 The Battle for Warsaw Author:Norman Davies In August 1944, Warsaw presented the last major obstacle to the Red Armys triumphant march from Moscow to Berlin. When the Wehrmacht was pushed back to the Vistula River, the Polish Resistance poured forty thousand fighters into the streets to drive out the hated Germans. But Stalin halted the Russian offensive, allowing the Wehrmacht ... more »to regroup and destroy the city. For sixty-three days Soviet troops and other Allied forces watched from the sidelines as tens of thousands of Poles were slaughtered and Warsaw was reduced to rubble. Like Antony Beevors bestselling The Fall of Berlin, Rising 44 is a brilliant narrative of one of the most dramatic episodes in twentieth-century history.« less
Comprehensive review of the Partisan Rising in Warsaw in 1944. Examines the political and military aspects of the event in detail. Includes extensive maps and rare photos.