In this brilliant narrative of the Warsaw Uprising, British historian Norman Davies offers a stirring account of one of the defining moments of the 20th century. 1944. WWII was tearing Europe apart. To the Wehrmacht, Nazi-occupied Warsaw represented the the last line of defence against the advancing Red Army. So, when the Red Army reached the river Vistula, the people of Warsaw believed that liberation had come. The city waited for salvation. Little did it know, it was in the eye of a storm. Instead of liberating, the ...
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In this brilliant narrative of the Warsaw Uprising, British historian Norman Davies offers a stirring account of one of the defining moments of the 20th century. 1944. WWII was tearing Europe apart. To the Wehrmacht, Nazi-occupied Warsaw represented the the last line of defence against the advancing Red Army. So, when the Red Army reached the river Vistula, the people of Warsaw believed that liberation had come. The city waited for salvation. Little did it know, it was in the eye of a storm. Instead of liberating, the Soviets remained where they were, allowing the Wehrmacht time to regroup and Hitler to order that the city of Warsaw be razed to the ground. For 63 days the Resistance fought on in the cellars and the sewers. Defenceless citizens were slaughtered in their tens of thousands. One by one the city's monuments were reduced to rubble, watched by Soviet troops on the other bank of the river. Vividly and authoritatively told by one of our greatest historians, Rising '44 is the poignant narrative of Warsaw's 63 days.
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This is phenomenal book about the Warsaw Uprising. I like the way Davies organized the book and included numerous excepts from diaries, letters and recollections from those who fought. In particular the section concerning the German occupation leading up to the Rising was most interesting and obviously well researched. The author describes the incredible organization of the Polish Home Army and how they outfoxed the Nazis and responded to changing circumstances inside Poland. Thank God the book was written after the fall of Communism.
jw53
Feb 17, 2011
Good book
Books tells it like it happened. Gives an accurate historical version of the conflict between Hitler and Stalin.
