Poland's participation in World War II is generally little known in the West. This illustrated history presents the Polish military war effort, intermingled with factual human interest stories.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS: Historical Background; Defence of Poland: 1 September - 6 October 1939; Continued Struggle for Poland Abroad; Narvik; Defence of France; The Polish Air Force in Great Britain; Jews Under German Occupation -- The "Final Solution"; German Terror and the Polish Underground State; Soviet Occupation and the Polish Army in the Soviet Union; Italian Campaign and the Battle of Monte Cassino; Polish Armed Forces in the Soviet Union; Normandy, Belgium Holland and Wilhelmshaven; Arnhem; The Warsaw Uprising: 1 August - 5 October 1944; Epilogue; Index.

Author Biography

Andrew Hempel was born in Warsaw, Poland. In 1944 he was arrested in German-occupied Warsaw by the Gestapo and was sent to a German labour camp. After the war, he graduated from the University of London. He lives in Reading, Pennsylvania.