The Warsaw Uprising

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The Warsaw Uprising

To what extent and with what degree of certainty can we decide who was responsible for the limited areal support for the Home Army (AK) during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944?

It is beyond uncertainty that the Warsaw Uprising which took place 70 years ago in 1944 is one of the most significant, heroic and tragic events in the 20th century of Polish history. During 63 days of patriotic uprising many thousands of predominantly young Poles were killed in an imbalanced battle with the German occupiers. This investigation will focus on the areal support for the Home Army (AK) during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. The essay will discuss the causes and consequences of the action taken by the authority of Great Britain, United States of America and Soviet Union as well as the Polish government in exile regarding the Warsaw Uprising.

Sources to be evaluated include inter alia Rising ’44: The battle for Warsaw written by British historian Norman Davies which arouses controversy Najnowsza Historia Polityczna Polski: Okres 1939-1945 [Modern Political History of Poland: Period 1939-1945] written by witness of those times, officer of Polish Army, historian Władysław Pobóg-Malinowski. Analysis of those should indicate who is responsible for the failure of air support throughout Warsaw Uprising. The role of GPS readings is to allow us to question reliability of collected material and evidence, assess and judge with what degree of certainty can we asses who was responsible limited and insufficient air support for the Home Army (AK) during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944?

During the Conference of the Big Three in Teheran in 1943 the American President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Prime Minister of Great Britain Winston Churchill...

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