Fighting Warsaw : the story of the Polish underground state, 1939-1945 / Stefan Korbonski ; with a new introduction by Zofia Korbonski ; translated from the original Polish by F.B. Czarnomski. W imieniu Rzeczypospolitej. English

Collection type	Library
Author	Korbonski, Stefan.; Czarnomski, F. B. (Francis Bauer);
Call Number	940.53438 K84f
Document type	Monograph
Year	2004.
Pagination	495 p. ; ill. , poerts. ; 22 cm.
Publisher	Hippocrene Books,
Note	Originally published: London : Allen & Unwin, 1956. "Fighting Warsaw is a human story. Stefan Korbonski, the leader of the Polish Underground State portrays the years of the German occupation during the Second World War and the beginning of anti-Soviet underground activities thereafter. His story presentsthe entire organization, strategy, and tactics of the Polish underground, which included armed resistance, civil disobedience, sabotage, and boycotts. This new edition contains an introduction by his wife and closest collaborator, Zofia, as well as many p reviously unpublished personal photographs."--BOOK JACKET.
Place made	New York

Abstract

I. The birth of the Polish underground state -- II. Radio contacts between London and Warsaw -- III. Underground courts of justice -- IV. Efforts to maintain liaison -- V. Directorate of civil resistance -- VI. 'Swit', the secret of the commander-in-chief -- VII. Civil resistance -- VIII. The death of Jocy -- IX. Liquor! : liquor! : liquor! -- X. The Jews under the occupation -- XI. P.P.R. - the paid lackeys of Russia -- XII. New men and new tasks -- XIII. Unity in struggle -- XIV. Emissary 'salamander' - - XV. Blows at liaison -- XVI. A meeting with the man from Minsk -- XVII. A slip-up in the directorate of civil resistance -- XVIII. A game of hide and seek -- XIX. The Warsaw rising -- XX. The end of German occupation -- XXI. The beginnings of Soviet occ upation -- XXII. The final months of the Polish underground state -- XXIII. In the clutches of the security police.