Fighting Warsaw : the story of the Polish underground state, 1939-1945
General Information
- Uniform Title
- W imieniu Rzeczypospolitej.
- Author/Creator
- Korboński, Stefan, 1901-1989
- Language
- English.
- Published
- London : Allen & Unwin, [1956]
- Physical Description
- vi, 495 p. ; 23 cm.
Contributors
- Contributor
- Czarnomski, Francis Bauer, 1887-1955
Subjects
- Subject
- World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > Poland.
- Poland > History > Occupation, 1939-1945.
Bibliographic Information
- Responsibility
- Stefan Korbonski ; translated from the original Polish by F. B. Czarnomski.
- Note
- Translation of W imieniu Rzeczypospolitej.
- Companion volume to the author's Warsaw in chains.
- Content
- 1. The birth of the Polish Underground State -- 2. Radio contacts between London and Warsaw -- 3. Underground courts of justice -- 4. Efforts to maintain liaison -- 5. Directorate of civil resistance -- 6. 'Svit', the secret of the commander-in-chief -- 7. Civil resistance -- 8. The death of Joey -- 9. Liquor! Liquor! Liquor! -- 10. The Jews under the occupation -- 11. P.P.R. - the paid lackeys of Russia -- 12. New men and new tasks -- 13. Unity in struggle -- 14. Emissary 'Salamander' -- 15. Blows at liaison -- 16. A meeting with the man from Minsk -- 17. A slip-up in the directorate of civil resistance -- 18. A game of hide and seek -- 19. The Warsaw rising -- 20. The end of German occupation -- 21. The beginnings of Soviet occupation -- 22. The final months of the Polish Underground DState -- 23. In the clutches of the security police.
- Library Special Collection
- HU OSA 300 - RFE/RL collection
Holdings
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Book | OSA Archivum Library | General collection | 943.8/053 KOR | | General Stacks | - |
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