Destroy Warsaw!: Hitler's Punishment, Stalin's RevengeBloomsbury Academic, 2001 M09 30 - 204 pages Written by a survivor of the Warsaw Uprising, this book examines the background of the ill-fated 63-day uprising that pitted poorly armed Polish civilians and volunteers against Hitler's well-armed and veteran forces. Borowiec also examines Stalin's decision to stand by while Warsaw and its defenders were destroyed. |
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