Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw

Author: Davies, Norman

Brand: Random House Books for Young Readers

Color: Multicolor

Edition: Reprint

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 848

Release Date: 04-10-2005

Part Number: 9780143035404

Details: One of the most dramatic and shameful episodes in World War II was the doomed Warsaw uprising of 1944—an uprising that failed because the Allies betrayed it. Now that story comes to its full terrible life in this gripping account by the bestselling historian Norman Davies.

In August 1944, encouraged by the advance of the Red Army, the Polish Resistance poured forty thousand fighters into the streets of Warsaw to reclaim the city from the hated Germans. But Stalin condemned the uprising as a criminal venture. For sixty-three days the Wehrmacht methodically set about crushing the rebellion and destroying the city. Following the battle’s desperate progress through the cellars and sewers of Warsaw, Rising ’44 retrieves its subject from the shadows of history, revealing its pivotal importance to the outcome of World War II and the Cold War that followed.

EAN: 9780143035404

Package Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.6 inches

Languages: English