Part of the focus of this site is to promote the history of Poland
from a military point of view as well as a historical point of view.
We have compiled the list of the following books available online to
aid you in the subject
 A
Question of Honor
The first all-Polish squadron in the Royal Air Force, the Kosciuszko
Squadron was formed from experienced Polish Air Force pilots who had
fled their fallen country by way of Romania and France to England.
This is their story and something to be proud of! |
 Rising
'44
by Norman Davies
The Warsaw rising of 1944—not to be confused with the Warsaw
Ghetto uprising of 1943—pitted Polish heroes of the Home Army
(AK) against the Germans in a two-month battle that left the city
in ruins. The Allies abandoned the Poles and Stalin let the Nazis
destroy the Poles for him. |
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 Remembrance - As Long As We Live
A historical novel based on men in the Haller Army or Blue Army of General Haller in France in WW1. Centers around the Blue Army Air Corps as they fought in France and then Poland and the Ukraine in the Polish Soviet War. |
 Monte
Cassino
Read about the Polish 2nd Corp's contribution to victory at one of
the worst battles of WW11. Most of these men had come from Russian
camps in Siberia. They had to make their way to Iran just to be able
to reform as the Polish army under the British to fight and win this
battle. |
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 My Name Is Million: An Illustrated History of the Poles in America (Hardcover)
by W. S. Kuniczak
The story of Polish immigration and contributions to America. Includes the Civil War and Hallers Army in France.
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 Bitter
Glory: Poland & Its Fate 1918-1939
by Richard M. Watt
This book covers the history of Poland between
World War I and World War II. The period was lively, to say the least,
involving what are now almost-forgotten conflicts with most of Poland's
neighbors, not to mention much political infighting and the period
of the depression. |
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 Polish Orders, Medals, Badges and Insignia Military and Civilian Decorations 1705-1985
by Prof. Dr. Zdzislaw P. Wesolowski, Captain, United States Air Force, Retired. A comprehensive research work on the history of Polish military and civilian decorations. Book covers the whole history of Polish decorations from 1705 to 1985. Over 400 pages with almost 1,400 actual photographs of every order, cross, medal, regimental breast badge and military insignia. A must for any collector! |
 THE ORDER OF THE VIRTUTI MILITARI
AND ITS CAVALIERS 1792-1992.
ORDER VIRTUTI MILITARI I JEGO KAWALEROWIE.
by Prof. Dr. Zdzislaw P. Wesolowski,
Captain, United States Air Force, Retired.
This book contains over 26,400 names of the recipients of the Virtuti Militari, Poland's most distinguished military honor.
The information is presented as a historical document and is based upon
official documents. Another must have for collectors.
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 Polish
Spirit
The story of Wladek Wojcik as he escaped from wartime Poland only
to be captured by the Soviets and sent to Siberia. Polish Spirit follows
him into imprisonment, firstly in Eastern Ukraine and then up to the
extreme rigours of the Soviet Arctic Gulags in the Komi SSR, a harsh
and unforgiving regime from which very many Poles never returned.
And those that did came back changed by their experiences. Wladek
eventually joins up with Gen. Anders forces and fights in the Polish
army in exile. A wonderful story, an easy read and a must have for
anyone wanting to know more about what happened to the Poles in WWII
and after. |
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 Shallow
Graves in Siberia
Michael Krupa was born into a poor family in south-west
Poland and was accepted into a Jesuit seminary. He ran away before
taking his final vows and joined the army. Krupa survived Hitler's
invasion but served ten years in a labour camp before escaping to
Afghanistan after an epic journey. Here he tells his remarkable story.
Click on the book or the title to view Michael's
website which contains exerpts from the book, photos, and information
on how to purchase a copy of the book.
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 God's
Playground, Volume 1
by Norman Davies
"Superbly readable, rich in detail.... Davies
understands and exquisitely conveys the importance of historical consciousness
in Polish life.... This is beyond doubt not only the best book on
Poland in the English language; it is the book on Poland. Anyone writing
on Polish affairs- past or present- will have to read it. It is a
masterly work."
--The New York Times Book Review
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 Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation 1939-1944
by Richard C. Lukas, Norman Davies
Hitler hated Poles only slightly less than Jews; exterminating Poles and other Slavs was part of the Nazi master-plan. During the German occupation, three million Gentile Poles (and as many Polish Jews) were killed by mass executions, starvation or in labor camps. The Holocaust in Poland was not confined to Jews but was a systematic atrocity designed to destroy the entire Polish nation.
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 Revolution from Abroad: The Soviet Conquest of Poland's Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia
by Jan Tomasz Gross
Jan Gross describes the terrors of the Soviet occupation of the lands that made up eastern Poland between the two world wars(39-41): the Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia. ...based on hundreds of first-hand accounts of the hardship, suffering, and social chaos that accompanied the Sovietization of this poorest section of a poverty-stricken country
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 Polish
Roots
by Rosemary A. Chorzempa
Pioneering work on Polish family history is designed
to provide the American researcher with the kind of information he
needs in order to succeed in his genealogical research. |
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White eagle, red star: the Polish-Soviet war, 1919-20
Historian Norman Davies gives us a full account of the Polish–Soviet War, with its dramatic climax in August 1920 when the Red Army—sure of victory and pledged to carry the Revolution across Europe —was crushed by a devastating Polish attack. Since known as “the Miracle of the Vistula,” it remains one of the most crucial conflicts of the Western world. |
 Old Polish Legends
This book was originally published during World War II in Scotland, home of the Polish Armed Forces in exile. There are eleven legends in this collection. One tells of a Duke who united the tribes and helped Poland develop and grow prosperous. Once, when he tried to take her eaglets from a mother eagle, she fought him so desperately she was wounded but would not give up. The Duke made that white eagle the badge of Poland, to symbolize freedom. Her blood was the symbol of bravery. |
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 Enigma: How the Poles Broke the Nazi Code
The seldom told story of how the Polish army originally broke the enigma code in the 30's and later transferred their crucial research to the Allies to give them a major head start. |
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