LEADER 04165cam a2200529 i 4500001 278204 005 20240621234620.0 008 210322t20202020nyuab b 001 0 eng 010 2019044646 019 1206358284 020 9780465095384 |qhardcover 020 0465095380 |qhardcover 020 |z9780465095414 |qelectronic book 020 |z0465095410 |qelectronic book 035 (OCoLC)on1117642062 035 278204 042 pcc 043 e-pl--- 049 LHMA 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dOCLCF |dOCL |dTOH |dRB0 |dYDX |dINR |dILM |dBKL |dJYJ |dS1C |dLHM 050 00 D765 |b.M63 2020 100 1 Moorhouse, Roger, |eauthor. 245 10 Poland 1939 : |bthe outbreak of World War II / |cRoger Moorhouse. 250 First U.S. edition. 264 1 New York, NY : |bBasic Books, Hachette Book Group, |c2020. 264 4 |c©2020 300 xxi, 408 pages : |billustrations, maps ; |c25 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 336 still image |bsti |2rdacontent 336 cartographic image |bcri |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-384) and index. 520 "For Americans, World War II began in December of 1941, with the bombing of Pearl Harbor; in Soviet historical accounts, the war was prompted by the German invasion of June 1941; for the British and the French, the war was not taken seriously until the German forces penetrated French territory in May 1940. But for Poland, the war began on September 1, 1939 when the Nazi army invaded Poland by land and by air, where they were soon joined by Stalin's army. In Poland 1939, Roger Moorhouse introduces the September Campaign as the triggering event of World War II and challenges the prevailing historical understanding of the start the war. The Polish campaign of 1939 is the least written-about and least understood campaign of World War II. Although many of the doctrines and practices that would feature so strongly throughout the war - the targeting of civilians, race war, Blitzkrieg, aerial bombing - would see their debut in Poland, the campaign is rarely given any real scrutiny. In his close examination of the often-overlooked September Campaign, Moorhouse explores the Anglo-French betrayal of Poland, when both Britain and France pledged to defend Poland but then did nothing of the sort (their inaction resulted in the slaughter of 16,000 Polish civilians). In Poland 1939, Moorhouse offers an insightful account of the September Campaign, and unravels the misconceptions and myths that have clouded the beginnings of World War II. This is the first English-language history of the September Campaign. Moorhouse draws from memoirs of generals, diplomats, letters of soldiers and civilian diaries, as well as private and previously untapped documentary archives in Poland, to expose the true history of the September Campaign, the event that set the tone for the bloody conflict to come."-- |cProvided by publisher. 505 00 |tPrologue: An unremarkable man -- |t"Westerplatte fights on" -- |tTyranny of geography -- |tA frightful futility -- |tTemerity to resist -- |t"Poland is not yet lost" -- |tOf "liberators" and absent friends -- |t"Into the arms of death" -- |tImpenitent thieves -- |t"To end on a battlefield" -- |gConclusion -- |gAppendix 1: |tPolish Army order of battle -- |gAppendix 2: |tGerman Army order of battle -- |gAppendix 3: |tRed Army order of battle. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xCampaigns |zPoland. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |zPoland. 651 0 Poland |xArmed Forces |xHistory |yWorld War, 1939-1945. 650 7 HISTORY / Military / World War II. |2bisacsh 650 7 Armed Forces. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00814586 650 7 Military campaigns. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01710190 651 7 Poland. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01206891 647 7 World War |d(1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180924 648 7 1939-1945 |2fast 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 852 0 |bscstacks |hD765 |i.M63 2020