Author: Norbert Bacyk
It is a common misunderstanding that the Red Army, on Stalin's order, halted outside Warsaw in August 1944 to let the German troops suppress the Polish uprising in the capital. Joseph Stalin of course didn't want to let a pro-British Polish government get a foothold in Warsaw. The fact is that on the last day of July (the night before the start of the uprising) the Red Army was on its way into Praga (the east part of Warsaw on the east bank of Vistula) when the German troops mounted a violent counter attack. This started the bitter fight that came to be called The Battle for Praga.
Format: Hardbound
Pages: 272
Length: 7.5 x 10
ISBN-13: 9789197589543
ISBN: 9197589543
Catalog ID: 146722