Polish Legions 1914 19

Author : Nigel Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472825438

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Polish Legions 1914–19 by Nigel Thomas Pdf

Due to its partitions and dissolution in the late eighteenth century, hundreds of thousands of Polish soldiers enlisted in distinct units in the armies of many countries – primarily those of the Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires, but also that of the German Reich and the French Republic. All these forces were uniformed and equipped by the parent armies, though often with explicitly Polish features. The collapse of Tsarist Russia in 1917 and of the Central Powers in 1918 allowed these diverse forces to unite in a re-created Polish Army under the new-born Second Polish Republic in November 1918. With full colour illustrations of their unique and colourful uniforms as well as contemporary photographs, this is the fascinating story of the Poles who fought on both sides of the trenches in World War I and then united to fight for their freedom in the Russian Civil War.

Author : Piotr Jakubiak
Publisher : P. Jakubiak
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Poland
ISBN : 0973218401

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The Polish Legions in the First World War 1914-1917 by Piotr Jakubiak Pdf

Author : Piotr Wilkosz,Joanna Wolańska
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8375811637

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Legiony Polskie, 1914 - 1918 by Piotr Wilkosz,Joanna Wolańska Pdf

Author : Nigel Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472801074

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Armies of the Russo-Polish War 1919–21 by Nigel Thomas Pdf

In 1917 Poland was recognised as a state by Russia, but the Bolshevik coup threatened this. The Polish leader Marshal Pilsudski hurried to build an army around Polish World War I veterans, and in 1918 war broke out for Poland's independence, involving the the Poles, the Red and White Russian armies, at least two different Ukrainian forces, and Allied intervention troops. The armies that fought these campaigns were extraordinarily varied in their uniforms and insignia, equipment and weapons, and when peace was signed in 1921, Poland had achieved recognised nationhood for the first time since 1794. Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this engaging study explains and illustrates the armies that fought in the epic struggle for the rebirth of the independent Polish nation, in the bitter aftermath of World War I.

Author : Nigel Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472825421

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Polish Legions 1914–19 by Nigel Thomas Pdf

Due to its partitions and dissolution in the late eighteenth century, hundreds of thousands of Polish soldiers enlisted in distinct units in the armies of many countries – primarily those of the Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires, but also that of the German Reich and the French Republic. All these forces were uniformed and equipped by the parent armies, though often with explicitly Polish features. The collapse of Tsarist Russia in 1917 and of the Central Powers in 1918 allowed these diverse forces to unite in a re-created Polish Army under the new-born Second Polish Republic in November 1918. With full colour illustrations of their unique and colourful uniforms as well as contemporary photographs, this is the fascinating story of the Poles who fought on both sides of the trenches in World War I and then united to fight for their freedom in the Russian Civil War.

Author : Andrzej Chwalba
Publisher : Peter Lang D
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-12
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : 363183845X

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The People of Poland at War: 1914-1918 by Andrzej Chwalba Pdf

Central Europe, 1914-1918. A broad vista of the lives of the inhabitants of the border zones between Russia, Germany, and Austria-Hungary during the Great War. The ordinary man's struggle to survive against the background of political and military affairs during the First World War, and in the comparative European context.

Author : Nigel Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472801081

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Armies of the Russo-Polish War 1919–21 by Nigel Thomas Pdf

In 1917 Poland was recognised as a state by Russia, but the Bolshevik coup threatened this. The Polish leader Marshal Pilsudski hurried to build an army around Polish World War I veterans, and in 1918 war broke out for Poland's independence, involving the the Poles, the Red and White Russian armies, at least two different Ukrainian forces, and Allied intervention troops. The armies that fought these campaigns were extraordinarily varied in their uniforms and insignia, equipment and weapons, and when peace was signed in 1921, Poland had achieved recognised nationhood for the first time since 1794. Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this engaging study explains and illustrates the armies that fought in the epic struggle for the rebirth of the independent Polish nation, in the bitter aftermath of World War I.

Author : William W. Hagen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521884921

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Anti-Jewish Violence in Poland, 1914-1920 by William W. Hagen Pdf

The first scholarly account of massive and fateful pogrom waves, interpreted through the lens of folk culture and social psychology.

Author : David Bilton
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473834538

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The Central Powers on the Russian Front 1914–1918 by David Bilton Pdf

Arranged in five sections, one for each year of the War, this superbly illustrated book covers the fluid fighting that took place on the Russian Front from August 1914. The author describes how each year saw dramatic developments, notably actions in Poland, Tannenberg, the Carpathian passes in 1914, the 1915 operations in Galicia and the Baltic and the 1916 Brinsilov offensive. 1917 saw the collapse of the German army leading to the 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and continued fighting along the Baltic and in the Ukraine. The informative text is complemented by over 200 mainly previously unpublished photographs. The Central Powers on the Russian Front 1914 1918 with its emphasis on the German Army's actions against Russia but covering operations on many fronts makes it especially valuable to those who seek greater insight into the wider conduct of The Great War away from the Western Front.

Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472837288

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Warsaw 1920 by Steven J. Zaloga Pdf

The Battle of Warsaw in August 1920 has been described as one of the decisive battles of European history. At the start of the battle, the Red Army appeared to be on the verge of advancing through Poland into Germany to expand the Soviet revolution. Had the war spread into Germany, another great European war would have ensued, dragging in France and Britain. However, the Red Army was defeated by 'the miracle on the Vistula'. This campaign title explores the origins and outcomes of this momentous battle. In May 1920, the Polish Army intervened in war-torn Ukraine, pushing all the way to Kiev, but the Red Army, by now triumphant in most of the theatres of the Russian Civil War, turned its attention to this new threat. By the late summer of 1920, two Soviet armies had advanced into Poland and the overconfident Soviet leadership dreamed of advancing over a prostrate Polish Army into neighbouring Germany to ignite a Communist revolution in the heart of Europe. Thanks to the low density of forces on both sides and the huge distances involved, the conflict was a war of manoeuvre, with a curious mixture of traditional and advanced tactics. Horse cavalry played a dominant role in the fighting, but aeroplanes, tanks, and armoured trains lent the war an air of modernity. This illustrated study explores the war through the lens of the Battle of Warsaw, the turning point when, after a summer of disastrous retreat, the Polish army rallied and repulsed the Red Army at Warsaw and Lwow.

Author : Włodzimierz Borodziej,Maciej Górny
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108837156

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The Great War in East-Central Europe by Włodzimierz Borodziej,Maciej Górny Pdf

Włodzimierz Borodziej and Maciej Górny set out to salvage the historical memory of the experience of war in the lands between Riga and Skopje, beginning with the two Balkan conflicts of 1912-1913 and ending with the death of Emperor Franz Joseph in 1916. The First World War in the East and South-East of Europe was fought by people from a multitude of different nationalities, most of them dressed in the uniforms of three imperial armies: Russian, German, and Austro-Hungarian. In this first volume of Forgotten Wars, the authors chart the origins and outbreak of the First World War, the early battles, and the war's impact on ordinary soldiers and civilians through to the end of the Romanian campaign in December 1916, by which point the Central Powers controlled all of the Balkans except for the Peloponnese. Combining military and social history, the authors make extensive use of eyewitness accounts to describe the traumatic experience that established a region stretching between the Baltic, Adriatic, and Black Seas.

Author : Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0786462531

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The French Foreign Legion by Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage Pdf

This book gives the reader a straightforward and continuous survey of the history of the French Foreign Legion. By outlining the Legion’s vicissitudes, victorious campaigns, epic marches, heroic and sometimes hopeless stands, dirtiest combats and dramatic defeats, but also by briefly placing the Legion back in the historical background of France, and by describing its development, organization, uniforms, equipments and weapons, the author hopes to dispel myths, and try to give a true and accurate picture of what the French Foreign Legion has been from 1831 until today. There are well-researched, detailed line drawings throughout.

Author : Joshua D. Zimmerman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107014268

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The Polish Underground and the Jews, 1939–1945 by Joshua D. Zimmerman Pdf

Zimmerman examines the attitude and behavior of the Polish Underground towards the Jews during the Holocaust.

Author : Przemyslaw Budzbon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472847010

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The Polish Navy 1918–45 by Przemyslaw Budzbon Pdf

Packed with illustrations, this is a study of the Polish warships such as the Grom-class destroyers that were developed and built in the interwar years. Newly independent Poland's naval force was created in 1920, initially with six ex-German torpedo boats. However, after German-Soviet exercises off the Polish coast in 1924, funding for warships was hastily allocated. Two destroyers and three submarines were built in France but, disappointed with their quality, Poland ordered new ships, mostly from British and Dutch shipyards. By summer 1939, the Polish Navy comprised four destroyers, five submarines, one minelayer, six minesweepers and a handful of lesser ships. Although the Grom-class destroyers were two of the fastest and best-armed destroyers of the war, the tiny Polish fleet would stand little chance against the Kriegsmarine, and on 30 August three destroyers were dispatched to Britain, followed by two submarines that escaped internment. The remaining Polish surface fleet was sunk by 3 September. In exile, the Polish Navy operated not only their own ships, but also Royal Navy warships, including a cruiser, destroyers, submarines and motor torpedo boats which fought alongside the Allies in the Battle of the Atlantic, the Arctic Convoys, and at the Normandy landings. This detailed account not only describes the Polish Navy's contribution to the Allied war effort but also the episode of the Polish destroyer Piorun which took on the Bismarck in a lone gun duel leading to the sinking of the great German battleship.

Author : Nigel Thomas,Laszlo Szabo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781846037955

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The Royal Hungarian Army in World War II by Nigel Thomas,Laszlo Szabo Pdf

The Royal Hungarian Army was Germany's largest ally on the Eastern Front, but information about the Hungarian Army in English is rare. Deployed in Ukraine at the beginning of the war, the Hungarian Army was involved in a number of brutal encounters with the Red Army, including stubborn resistance in Transylvania in the summer of 1944, and the brave defense of Budapest in the face of overwhelming odds. The Hungarian Army was a varied and colourful force, ranging from mountain troops and tank units to horse cavalry and specialist infantry. All of these are illustrated in full-colour artwork, with full details about the Hungarian Army's own, quite distinct uniforms and insignia as well as many of its own weapons and tanks. This is an essential starter resource for wargamers, modelers, re-enactors and military historians.