Administrators Eric Posted August 16, 2018 Administrators Share Posted August 16, 2018 Quote WARSAW, Poland – World War II veterans, Warsaw residents and the leaders of Poland joined anniversary ceremonies Wednesday honoring the fighters and victims of the city's ill-fated 1944 revolt against the Nazi occupation. President Andrzej Duda laid a wreath at a memorial in Wola district, where German forces killed tens of thousands of civilians in early August 1944, in retaliation for the revolt organized by Poland's clandestine resistance movement, the Home Army. "We pay homage not only to the fighters but also to those who were brutally murdered by the German forces — and the only reason was that they were Poles," Duda said. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/08/01/poland-honors-fighters-victims-warsaws-1944-revolt.html 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Read two books on this topic this year. What miserable times. Today, by the way, is the day Japan surrendered in 1945. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogieman Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 First Nazis then communists. The Polish people have endured a lot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogieman Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 8 minutes ago, Historian said: Read two books on this topic this year. What miserable times. Today, by the way, is the day Japan surrendered in 1945. Which books? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyofforty Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 The Soviets stopped their advance and allowed the German National Socialists to move in and destroy the fighters in Warsaw. Shameful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, Boogieman said: Which books? Rather die fighting by Frank Blaichman and In the Polish Secret War by Marian S Mazgaj. Hunted in Warsaw by Henry Gribou was interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogieman Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 33 minutes ago, Historian said: Rather die fighting by Frank Blaichman and In the Polish Secret War by Marian S Mazgaj. Hunted in Warsaw by Henry Gribou was interesting. Which one would you suggest first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Boogieman said: Which one would you suggest first? All three. They are all different. In the Polish Sceret War was very good. If you want more recommendations I have about 195 book reviews on amazon. Mostly world war two and a few from the first. Some espionage. Edited August 16, 2018 by Historian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogieman Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Historian said: All three. They are all different. In the Polish Sceret War was very good. If you want more recommendations I have about 195 book reviews on amazon. Mostly world war two and a few from the first. Some espionage. Link to your reviews? Do any of the books lean more toward the political side of the struggle? Edited August 16, 2018 by Boogieman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 58 minutes ago, Boogieman said: Link to your reviews? Do any of the books lean more toward the political side of the struggle? https://www.amazon.com/gp/profile/amzn1.account.AH7EYNVUMWEQUWH2VCL2MQ7ZTEPQ/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_gw_tr?ie=UTF8 That me. I review under the name Toe Tag. That nick name is a long story for a beer. Anyway. Some of the books i have reviewed do have a political bend to them. I have read one or two buy Nazis who didn't want to give up the fight and never had any remorse. But most history books that are personal memoirs for some reason tend to stay out of the politics of the age. Actually one of the best books is completely non-political. The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer. But let's not hi-jack Eric's thread. :) Poland has an amazing military history. They were just not read for the Germans let alone the human wave from Russia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaDub Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Nestor posted this before over there. It is worth a watch. The Poles have endured much and have stepped up in crucial times for the western culture. We owe more than many know to the Poles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) Good old Nestor. I wonder what happened to him. It's true the poles smuggled one of the few captured enigma machines out of Poland and into the allied hands at a bloody cost. Edited August 16, 2018 by Historian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F14Scott Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 If anyone finds themselves being lectured to that small arms in the hands of citizens are no match for a modern army's weapons and, therefore, the 2A is effectively moot, the Warsaw Uprising is an excellent talking point.Sent from my phone using Tapatalk 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 The Poles gave the Germans hell with precious few firearms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC Tiger Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Despite the old jokes, I have worked with two Poles and they were very smart guys. Unfortunately they were stuck under Soviet occupation for decades and are having to play catch up now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Beararms Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 I knew a man who fought in the Warsaw uprising as a teenager. He then survived two camps and went on to be very successful here. We lost him in 2010 to cancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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