Exiled in Arms: The Polish Soldiers Who Fought On
Kindle Edition or EPUB + Converted PDF نویسندگان: Yong Zhang, Tingxuan Zhang
جزئیات
فرمت: Kindle Edition or EPUB + Converted PDF تاریخ انتشار نسخه الکترونیکی : January 17, 2026
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لینک: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GGZHFHPN
475,000 تومان
زمان تحویل: حداکثر 24 ساعت
توضیحات
An army that outlived its own country.In the twentieth century, few armies experienced rupture as repeatedly – and as profoundly – as the Polish armed forces. Within a single lifetime, Polish soldiers saw their country restored after generations without sovereignty, crushed again by invasion, and finally reborn under political conditions shaped by powers beyond their control. Yet across defeat, exile, and political subordination, something endured.At the center of this story is the “stateless army” – not a legal category, but a lived experience. From the fall of the Second Polish Republic in 1939, through wartime exile and Cold War constraint, Polish soldiers repeatedly served without the assurances normally granted to a national military.From Britain’s skies to the deserts of North Africa and the battlefields of Italy and Northwest Europe, Exiled in Arms follows the Polish forces-in-exile:Polish airmen in the Royal Air Force during the Battle of BritainThe Carpathian Brigade at TobrukThe 2nd Polish Corps at Monte CassinoThe 1st Armored Division in Northwest EuropePolish paratroopers alongside Allied airborne forcesThe Home Army’s underground fight inside occupied PolandIt is a history of men and units who fought to liberate others while their own country remained absent from the map – yet present in arms.The story does not end in 1945. The final section follows Poland’s post-Cold War military transformation, its reintegration into NATO, and the impact of Russia’s war against Ukraine – as Poland shifts from rear-area supporter to frontline state, once again forced to rethink defense, deterrence, and national survival.A study of endurance: how a nation survived militarily when it ceased to exist politically – and how that legacy shapes Poland’s armed forces today.
475,000 تومان
زمان تحویل: حداکثر 24 ساعت