John Radzilowski, Jerzy Szczeniak

Frantic 7 (eBook, ePUB)

The American Effort to Aid the Warsaw Uprising and the Origins of the Cold War, 1944

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An "amazingly detailed" and "inspiring" account of the only daytime air expedition to help Polish freedom fighters during World War II (Books Monthly). The Frantic operations were conceived in late 1943 during World War II, making Soviet airfields accessible to long-range American aircraft based in Italy and later England. Yet Stalin had to be persuaded by the United States to let them use Frantic to drop supplies to the Poles after the Warsaw Uprising began in 1944. On September 18, 1944, American B-17 Flying Fortresses, supported by fighter planes, dropped arms, ammunition, medical supplies, and food over the city of Warsaw. The assistance came too late and had no bearing on the situation of the Polish freedom fighters in Warsaw, but the events of that day-and the courage of 1,220 airmen who risked their lives-are still remembered by the Poles of Warsaw. "A thoroughly researched, impressively detailed, and exceptionally well written history," this book gives a full narrative of the Frantic 7 operation itself (Midwest Book Review). Using firsthand accounts of the events from the freedom fighters on the ground in Warsaw, the fates of the young aircrew, in particular those of "I'll Be Seeing You," are told in detail. It also sets Frantic 7 in its political context and explains how the diplomatic wrangles helped set the stage for the breakdown in relations between the Soviet Union and the United States-and the beginning of the path to the Cold War.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Casemate Publishers (Ignition)
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781612005614
• Artikelnr.: 54110210

Autorenporträt

John Radzilowski, Ph.D., is associate professor of history at the University of Alaska. He is the author or co-author of numerous books and articles on U.S. and Polish history, including Traveller's History of Poland and American Immigration: An Encyclopedia of Political, Social and Cultural Change.Jerzy Szczesniak lives in Warsaw. His passion is the history of the Second World War. His first book Frantic 7: Amerykanska Pomoc dla Powstania Warszawskiego was one of the first books in Polish to uncover the details surrounding the American mission in 1944.