The Polish Army 1939-45 Contributor(s): Zaloga, Steven J. (Author), Hook, Richard (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0850454174 ISBN-13: 9780850454178 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1982 Annotation: Poland was the first of the Allied nations to succumb to German aggression in the Second World War, but by the most tortuous of routes her army managed to remain in the field through all five years of bloody fighting. Polish soldiers fought in nearly every major campaign in the European theatre, and their tale is a complicated and tragic one. This richly detailed text by Steven Zaloga relates the story of the Polish Army during the Second World War, from the first wave of Stukas in 1939 to its eventual conclusion. |
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BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Modern - 20th Century - History | Eastern Europe - General |
Dewey: 940.541 |
Series: Men-At-Arms (Osprey) |
Physical Information: 0.23" H x 7.06" W x 9.79" (0.45 lbs) 48 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Zaloga, Steven J.: - Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for over two decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and military history, with an accent on the US Army in World War II as well as Russia and the former Soviet Union.Hook, Richard: - Richard Hook is an internationally acclaimed artist, renowned for his paintings of Native American culture. Zaloga, Steven J.: - Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for over two decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and military history, with an accent on the US Army in World War II as well as Russia and the former Soviet Union. |