The Polish Navy 1918–45: From the Polish-Soviet War to World War II

Author:   Przemyslaw Budzbon ,  Mr Paul Wright
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781472847003


Pages:   48
Publication Date:   23 June 2022
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Przemyslaw Budzbon ,  Mr Paul Wright
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Osprey Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 18.40cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.80cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781472847003


ISBN 10:   1472847008
Pages:   48
Publication Date:   23 June 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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INTRODUCTION Poland regains independence, 1918 THE POLISH–BOLSHEVIK WAR 1919 campaign 1920 campaign POLISH NAVY DEVELOPMENT 1921–39 The navy from World War I remnants, 1921 The first naval programme, 1925 Between the Soviet Union and Germany THE POLISH NAVY IN WORLD WAR II The German–Soviet assault Revival: the Polish naval detachment 1939 The year of dashed hopes, 1940 The Battle of the Atlantic 1940–44 The Arctic convoys The North Atlantic The Mediterranean 1941–44 Invasion of the continent 1944 CONCLUSION FURTHER READING INDEX

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The early sections, on riverine warfare in the Polish-Soviet war and the waxing and waning of the inter-war procurement relationship with France, are particularly interesting, and not often referred to in other works. -- Andrew Livsey * The Naval Review *


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Przemyslaw Budzbon is a naval architect who worked on warship construction for the Soviet Navy in the 1980s. He has written widely on the history of the Polish and Soviet navies of World War II and his book Soviet Navy at War 1941–45 was published in 1989 followed by Warship in 2019. He works on the seven-volume history of the Polish shipyards in the post-1990 era and his major reference book on the World War II Soviet Navy is scheduled for 2021.

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