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Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw

by Norman Davies · 2003

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The story of the Warsaw Rising from the the leading British authority on the history of Poland.

Subject
historypolitics
Genre
war and militaryhistorical fictionHolocaustWorld War II
Themes
military historyhistory
Setting
World War II20th centuryHolocaustPolandWarsaw
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 784 pages

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