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A MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN EXILE
THE POLISH GOVERNMENT IN EXILE 1939-1945, A STUDY OF DISCONTENT |
| By: |
Evan McGilvray |
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Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
1908916974 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781908916976 |
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| Publisher: |
HELION & COMPANY |
| Pub. date: |
19 August, 2013 |
| Pages: |
200 |
| Description: |
This work examines the nature of the relationship between the British Government and the Polish Government in Exile, 1939-1945. The relationship was extremely difficult owing to the extremity of the time and the situations of the two governments. Before 1939 there had been little contact between Poland and Britain. |
| Synopsis: |
This work examines the nature of the relationship between the British Government and the Polish Government in Exile, 1939-1945. The relationship was extremely difficult owing to the extremity of the time and the situations of the two governments. Before 1939 there had been little contact between Poland and Britain. However between 1939 and 1945 the two countries were joined in a common desire for the military defeat of Germany: this was virtually the only common goal that the two governments shared; Polish ambitions to see Poland restored to its pre-war frontiers were not shared with the major allies (Britain, the USA and the Soviet Union) after 1941. The question of differing objectives caused friction between the Western allies, the Soviet Union and the Polish Government in Exile. As hosts the British Government was able to control the Polish Government-in-Exile but frequently found that the demands of the Soviet Government on the latter difficult to justify, although the British did so in order to maintain the unity of the alliance against Germany.However, the Polish Government-in-Exile failed to recognise its true position in the alliance: it was very much a junior partner- just another minor European power and irritant. Making full use of unpublished material and Polish sources, this is a detailed and lucid contribution to modern Polish and European history, including much information concerning the creation of the Polish Army following the end of the First World War, and the politics of the Army during the 1920s and 1930s, besides detailed coverage of its political role during the Second World War. |
| Illustrations: |
31 photos, 1 map |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Red Horse Press |
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