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Sto caricando le informazioni... Trail of Hope: The Anders Army, An Odyssey Across Three Continents (General Military)di Norman Davies
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Following the conquest of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939, hundreds of thousands of Polish families were torn from their homes and sent eastwards to the arctic wastes of Siberia. Prisoners of war, refugees, those regarded as 'social criminals' by Stalin's regime, and those rounded up by sheer chance were all sent 'to see the Great White Bear'. However, with Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa just two years later, Russia and the Allied powers found themselves on the same side once more. Turning to those that it had previously deemed 'undesirable', Russia sought to raise a Polish army from the men, women and children that it had imprisoned within its labour camps. In this remarkable work, renowned historian Professor Norman Davies draws from years of meticulous research to recount the compelling story of this unit, the Polish II Corps or 'Anders Army', and their exceptional journey from the Gulag of Siberia through Iran, the Middle East and North Africa to the battlefields of Italy to fight shoulder-to-shoulder with Allied forces. Complete with previously unpublished photographs and first-hand accounts from the men and women who lived through it, this is a unique visual and written record of one of the most fascinating episodes of World War II. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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This book is an introduction to where the Army came from, what it contributed to World War II and what happened to it. It draws on original material to tell the story with extracts from journals, diaries and interviews. There are many photographs (this is one of the best illustrated history books I have read). This is a very personal book; the author is married to a Pole, knew some of the characters himself and draws on Polish community-based efforts to preserve and record the lives and experiences of parents and grandparents now living in the UK.
This is not rigorously researched history (which is not to say it is not accurate or authentic) but a professionally curated aggregation of personal experiences shaped into a big-picture view of the character and determination of these Polish people in making themselves a part of the larger struggle.
This is an excellent read for politicians who want to understand the bond between the UK and Poland, which is as strong as any special relationship. (