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Warsaw Rising (Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century: Politics in Action No. 5)

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In August 1944, as Russian forces approached Warsaw, the Poles rose with enthusiasm to liberate their capital city from the German oppressors. They were confronted by a force of the SS thugs and convicts, using methods of appalling brutality. After two months of heroic resistance they surrendered. Could the Russians have intervened to prevent the disaster?

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Warsaw Rising is part of Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century, and is Book #5 in the Politics in Action book series.

Language: English

Pages: 160

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Ballantine Books, Inc.

Release: April 01, 1972

ISBN: 0345023137

ISBN 13: 9780345097552

Warsaw Rising (Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century: Politics in Action No. 5)

3.4/5 ( ratings)

In August 1944, as Russian forces approached Warsaw, the Poles rose with enthusiasm to liberate their capital city from the German oppressors. They were confronted by a force of the SS thugs and convicts, using methods of appalling brutality. After two months of heroic resistance they surrendered. Could the Russians have intervened to prevent the disaster?

***

Warsaw Rising is part of Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century, and is Book #5 in the Politics in Action book series.

Language: English

Pages: 160

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Ballantine Books, Inc.

Release: April 01, 1972

ISBN: 0345023137

ISBN 13: 9780345097552

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