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First to Fight - The Polish War 1939 (Paperback)
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'This deeply researched, very well-written and penetrating book will be
the standard work on the subject for many years to come' - Andrew
Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny
The Second World War began on 1 September 1939, when German tanks,
trucks and infantry crossed the Polish border, and the Luftwaffe began
bombing Poland’s cities. The Polish army fought bravely but could not
withstand an attacker superior in numbers and technology; and when the
Red Army invaded from the east – as agreed in the pact Hitler had
concluded with Stalin – the country’s fate was sealed. Poland was the
first to fight the German aggressor; it would be the first to suffer
the full murderous force of Nazi persecution. By the end of the Second
World War, one in five of its people had perished.
The Polish campaign is the forgotten story of the Second World War.
Despite prefacing many of that conflict's later horrors – the wanton
targeting of civilians, indiscriminate bombing and ethnic cleansing –
it is little understood, and most of what we think we know about it is
Nazi propaganda, such as the myth of Polish cavalry charging German
tanks with their lances. In truth, Polish forces put up a spirited
defence, in the expectation that they would be assisted by their
British and French allies. That assistance never came.
First to Fight is the first history of the Polish war for almost half a
century. Drawing on letters, memoirs and diaries by generals and
politicians, soldiers and civilians from all sides, Roger Moorhouse’s
dramatic account of the military events is entwined with a tragic human
story of courage and suffering, and a dark tale of diplomatic betrayal.
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