History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

History: Fiction or Science? Chronology 2 (Chronology)

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History: Fiction or Science? Chronology 2 (Chronology)
Anatoly T Fomenko
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`History: Fiction or Science? Chronology 2` is the second volume of the most explosive and astounding tractate on history ever written - however, every theory it contains, no matter how unorthodox, is backed by rock solid scientific data. The book is easy and pleasant to read; it is well-illustrated, contains hundreds of charts, graphs and illustrations, copies of ancient manuscripts, and countless facts attesting to the falsity of the chronology used nowadays. You will be amazed to discover: - That the chronology universally accepted today and taken for granted is simply wrong; - That ALL methods of dating of ancient sources and artefacts known today are erroneous or non-exact; - That there is not a single document that could be reliably dated earlier than the XIth century; The Author refers to the Middle Ages as the Antiquity and proves mutual superimposition of the Second and the Third Roman Empire, both of which become identified as the respective kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Furthermore, he asserts that the famous reform of the Occidental Church in the XI century by Pope Gregory Hildebrand was the reflection of the XII century reforms of Byzantine emperor Andronicus who in his turn identifies with Jesus Christ. The Trojan war counted by Homer happened only as late as of the XIII century A.D. and the great poet actually lived in XIV century A.D. No stone in history of Antiquity is left unturned. Literally. This book is the beginning of a major correction to the chronology we live with.

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Check and see.......2007-06-21

I don't care what other people say of this book. Those affirmig it's fake, they hadn't ever read it. Or have some special reasons to do so. "Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see..." This book won't make you feel comfortable. It'll make you feel free. It'll make you feel you're "not the only one" to feel you'd been lied to for centuries.

Suprise! Suprise!.......2007-03-22

Here is a serie of books which turns "the whole world" upside down. I learned a lot of it and I hope that a new book from A.T. Fomenko will follow very quick. A absolute must for everybody who is interested in history or even a little bit from it.

Prescient St Augustine?.......2006-02-05

We can so far divide the New Chronology into the following three parts:

a) The verifiable theory that proves consensual chronology wrong with the aid of astronomy, statistics and mathematics;

b) The new chronology hypothesis based on a new understanding of known historical facts and the most likely logical explanation of the most obvious inconsistencies inherent in the official version of history;

c) The history conjectures, that is experimental historical reconstructions based on assumptions that the authors believe to make sense in the light of their research and linguistic parallels - void of ironclad factual support to date.

Fomenko's theory complies with the most rigid scientific standards as a whole:

It gives a coherent explanation of what we already know.

- It is consistent: independent lines of inquiry all lead to the same conclusion.

- The predictions it makes are confirmed empirically.

Fomenko goes by the following axioms:

- Chronology is the basis of history;

- Human evolution has always been linear, gradual and irreversible;

- The "cyclic" nature of human civilization is a myth, likewise all the gaps, duplicates, "dark ages" and "renaissances" that we know from consensual history;

- The accumulation of geographical knowledge as reflected in cartography is a gradual and irreversible process;

- The chronological distance between a given manuscript and the events described therein is proportional to the amount of distortions it contains;

- There is no "useless" information in authentic ancient sources.

Why the mainstream historians do not shower mathematician Academician Dr.Prof Fomenko with thanks and laurels?

The Russians:

Because Fomenko asserts that there was no such thing as the Tartar and Mongol invasion followed by three centuries of slavery, providing a formidable body of documental evidence to prove his assertion. The so-called "Tartars and Mongols" were the actual ancestors of the modern Russians, living in a bilingual state with Arabic spoken as freely as Russian. The ancient Russian state was governed by a double structure of civil and military authorities. The hordes were actually professional armies with a tradition of lifelong conscription (the recruitment being the so-called "blood tax"). Their "invasions" were punitive operations against the regions that attempted tax evasion. Fomenko proves that Russian history as we know it today is a blatant forgery concocted by a host of German scientists brought to Russia by the usurper dynasty of the Romanovs, whose ascension to the throne was the result of coup d'état, charged with the mission of making their reign look legitimate. Fomenko proves Ivan the Terrible to be a collation of four rulers, no less. They represented the two rival dynasties - the legitimate rulers and the ambitious upstarts. The winner took it all! Over some 30 years of controversy, Russian historians have made a most remarkable transition - they were initially accusing the young mathematician Fomenko of anticommunist dissident activity and attempts to deface the historical legacy of Soviet Russia; nowadays the middle-aged mathematician is accused of adhering to "pro-communist Russian nationalism" and defacing the proud historical legacy of Great Russia.

The Westerners:

Because Fomenko blows consensual Russian history to smithereens, successfully removing a crucial cornerstone from underneath the otherwise impeccable edifice of World History. Fomenko adds insult to injury, wiping out one by one the Ancient Rome (the foundation of Rome in Italy is dated to the XIV century A. D.), the Ancient Greece and its numerous poleis, which he identifies as the mediaeval crusader settlements on the territory of Greece, and the Ancient Egypt (the pyramids of Giza become dated to the XI-XV century A. D. and identified as the royal cemetery of the Global "Mongolian" Empire, no less). The civilization of the Ancient Egypt is irrefutably dated to the XII-XV century A. D. with the aid of the ancient Egyptian horoscopes cut in stone. He was the first one to decipher and date all such horoscopes, coming up with mediaeval dates in every case. English historians rage at the suggestion that the history of Ancient England was de facto a Byzantine import transplanted to the English soil by the fugitive Byzantine nobility. To reward the English historians who consider themselves the true scribes of World History, the cover of the present book portrays Tintoretto's Jesus Christ crucified on the Big Ben.

The Chinese:

Because Fomenko wipes out the Ancient History of China outright. No such thing. Full point. The compilation of the so-called Ancient Chinese History is reliably datable to the XVII-XVIII century only. It is perfectly recognizable as the Ancient European history, reworked and transcribed in hieroglyphs as yet another historical transplantation, this time performed on the Chinese soil by the loving Jesuit hands. The Chinese are the next in line to go berserk. Chinese history is inevitably bound to get both more ancient and more eventful, proportionally to the growing involvement of China in the world affairs. Chinese historians will keep on finding valid proof of prehistoric Chinese spaceflights until the Politburo orders them to shut up.

The Arabs:

Too bad. Islam with all its key figures is datable to XV-XVI century A. D. Arabic historians may find consolation in the crucial historical role of the Ottoman Empire in the XVI-XVII century. The trouble is that this empire was initially a Christian state, with Hagia Sophia identifiable as Temple of Solomon, according to Fomenko! We can only guess if the acquisition of Alexander the Great (a Macedonian and a Christian) as the founder of the Muslim World Empire will make Fomenko's theories more acceptable to the Arabic mainstream. He certainly does not spare any holy cows at all, claiming The Stone of Qa'Aba in Mecca to contain the lost Arch of the Covenant.

The Divinity:

Despite of reiterated statement that his theory is all about chronology and not Religion, Fomenko stirs up a whole condominium of wasp nests. His collection of anathemas, fatwa, and other condemnations from all parties concerned is already considerable. Little wonder, considering that the history of religions à la Fomenko looks as follows: the pre-Christian period (before the XI century and JC), Bacchic Christianity (XI-XII century, before and after JC), JC Christianity (XII-XVI century) and its subsequent mutations into Orthodox Christianity, the Catholicism, Islam, Buddhism, and so on.

According to Fomenko we know strictly NOTHING about the events that predate the X century A. D.

St Augustin was prescient when he spoke unto us: "be wary of mathematicians, particularly when they speak the truth."

Something of a disappointment.......2005-09-09

After having read the first volume of this expected series of 7 volumes I was triggered by the thesis of these authors that ancient Greek and Roman history did in fact take place in the Middle Ages. So I started studying medieval history of the Middle East - also known as Islamic history - to find out if the opponents of the ancient Greeks and Romans - the Acheamenid Persians, Sassanids, Scythians, Egyptians, etc. - also have their duplicates in medieval history. My search was disappointing: none of the many medieval Islamic dynasties seemed to correspond to the ancient middle eastern rulers.

However, I did find a close correspondence between Herodotus' Persian kings and medieval events:

- the defeat and capture of an Anatolian king - the Lydian Croesus - by the Persian conqueror Cyrus is identical to the defeat and capture of another Anatolian king - sultan Bayezid - by the Asian/Mongol conqueror Tamerlane;
- the Persian conquest of Egypt by the cruel tyrant Cambyses reds almost exactly as the Ottoman conquest of Egypt by Selim the Grim (note the nickname!);
- Darius the Lawgiver of the Persian Empire looks very much alike to Sulayman the Magnificent, the Lawgiver in Islamic history;
- Xerxes, whose main claim to fame is to be defeated by the Greeks at the naval battle of Salamis, looks like Selim II (the Sot) whose main claim to fame is to be defeated by a Spanish-Italian alliance at the naval battle of Lepanto.

I should have expected Fomenko et al. to arrive at similar conclusions, however, they claim that the Persian kings are the alter egos of the Angevin kings of Sicily whose biographies do not contain the exploits of the Persian kings.

The similiarities I indicate lead to the conclusion that Herodotus must have written his Histories at the close of the 16th century. But this is extremely late, given that Herodotus is "the Father of History", so therefore all other "ancient" histories must have been fabricated even later. Yet, the founders of modern chronology - Scaliger and Petavius - laid their foundations also at the close of the 16th century and had the full corpus of ancient histories already at their disposal.

It seems to me that Fomenko has to address these inconsistencies, maybe in the forthcoming 5 volumes?

Another critique of their book is that the correspondencies between different rulers are often based on a superficial comparison of the biographies; upon a more thorough comparison many details appear that do not correspond at all.

Finally, the authors rely heavily on the works of Gregorovius (1821-1891!!) - his medieval histories of Rome and Athens - as the source of medieval history; these works are - at least in the West - hoplessly outdated and have been superceded by more up-to-date works (for instance, Julius Norwich's trilogy on Byzantine history is not even cited).

Romulus courts Helen, Paris founds Rome, Moses goes to Troy.........2005-07-30

If you agree with Fomenko that Roman chronology is basically the foundation of the entire edifice of global chronology; you would also certainly agree that despite its numerous gaps and inconsistencies, Roman history is the best-documented field of ancient history, and thus a reference scale. But how well is the actual date of the Eternal City's foundation known?

Firstly, Rome is supposed to have been founded by the Trojans who had to flee after the fall of Troy. Some claim Rome to have been founded by Aeneas and Ulysses shortly after Troy had fallen; others are of the opinion that there was an entire dynasty that ruled for 500 years between the fall of Troy and the foundation of Rome.

Well, that's just an innocent 500 years long misunderstanding compared with what heretic Fomenko says, asserts, proves in his second volume: Second Roman Empire, Third Roman Empire, Biblical Kingdom of Israel, Biblical Kingdom of Judah, Holy Roman Empire are stories about basically same events, written from different points of view at different times. The underlying events have actually taken place during xii-xv cy. These histories have been written and perfected by multitude of highly talented humanist and clerical writers of xiii-xvi cy disguised as "ancients" with glorious names like Homer, Pluto, Thucydides etc..Chronology 2.0 beta..

Historians are kindly invited to report the bugs.

An Army in Exile: The Story of the Second Polish Corps (Allied Forces Series)

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Poles FAR from Passive Spectators During the War
A Most Honorable Man
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Hearts of Gold
What the Allies didn't tell their public.

An Army in Exile: The Story of the Second Polish Corps (Allied Forces Series)
Wladyslaw Anders
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Poles FAR from Passive Spectators During the War.......2006-06-14

General Wladyslaw Anders has written a book which rebuffs the incorrect portrayal of Poles as "passive spectators" during World War II. Poles fought at every front from Day One of the war. Even after being betrayed by the Allies, Anders commanded the Polish forces to continue fighting. He touches on aspects of history which encompassed my parents. Both sides of our family were deported to Siberia, and later released. My biological father fought at Monte Cassino. Anders (p. 182) cites General Oliver Leese, Commander of the Eighth Army: "I am glad to see you hear today. I want to tell you that the capture of Monte Cassino was entirely an achievement of the Poles." Of course, Poland was later betrayed, and my parents could not return to Poland. Neither could General Anders.

A Most Honorable Man.......2006-01-21

General Anders gives an interesting look into the workings of the Soviet prison system, particularly through his stay at Lubianka. Also very interesting is his account of his meeting with Stalin and Molotov. The reader can get an excellent impression of what it was like to deal with the Soviet dictator.

The reader can also learn how General Anders fought to save the lives of thousands of Poles being worked and starved to death across the Soviet Union. I have found no other account that can give the insight on that fight that this book provides. He also gives a look at the Polish government in exile and how it was usurped by the Soviet created Polish government.

This book tells little about how the Polish Second Corps was formed, what challenges it faced, how its training proceeded, or its order of battle, as one might expect from the title. General Anders merely summarized the operations of the Second Corps, only going into some detail on the battle for Monte Cassino, in which the Second Corps was victorious.

A significant portion of the book was dedicated to how he witnessed Poland slowly being sold out to the Soviets. Obviously, as it was written in 1949, the war was behind General Anders and Poland's oppresive occupation was ongoing. He tells the tale of the Allies' sellout to the Soviets as he saw it develop. He did not know what was truly happening in the British or U.S. governments and does not claim to know. "A Question of Honor" by Lynne Olson and Stanley Cloud gives an excellent view of what was going on in the British and U.S. governments at that time and is a better source on that topic.

It is difficult to find better information on General Anders and his achievements. Poland and the world owe much to General Anders; a true professional and a genuine Polish patriot.

A Real Hero.......2005-04-13

Why is it that Hollywood never made a movie about the exploits of General Anders? Likewise, why doesn't the History Channel ever do a documentary about the contribution of the Poles during the 2nd World War? All we get are these Hitlerite stories - - These are real "Reality" scripts!!!!! This book - while difficult to get and a little expensive - is worth the time and money! A must for anyone interested in World War 2. I also highly recommend General Bor-Komorowski's book about the Secret Underground Army - Armja Krajowa - which fought the Nazis during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 after 5 years of tenacious resistance against the German Occupier.

Hearts of Gold .......2005-04-06

Out of the 31 books i have read on World War 2 this is by far the greatest written by the Heroic General Anders himself this book is an absolute must read

What the Allies didn't tell their public........2003-10-02

This important work is the story the Allies did not tell their public after WWII. I believe this book will be reprinted in the future due to demand. Wladyslaw Anders not only was a brilliant general that helped the Allies cause but also saved the lives of thousands of refugees escaping Siberia during WWII. It was very smart of him to write this book immediately after the war to document what had happened as the incredible story of his II Polish Corps (also known as Anders' Army) was successfully suppressed by the Allies during the cold war. The general public only now discovers the account of how his army was betrayed by the Allies at the Yalta Conference.

The book itself is well written. There is an interesting foreword by then future British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. In the Introduction, Harold Macmillan comments that no Englishman or American can read this book without feeling a sense of shame. General Anders describes in detail how his army was formed from Polish political prisoners in Siberia and their trek from Asia to Europe. Included are many letters, orders, and speeches by him as well as conversations with leaders such as Winston Churchill. The conferences in Teheran and Yalta are described in detail as well as the Warsaw Uprising. The immediate post-war situation of his army is also discussed.

It is fascinating to read how he had continued to warn the Western leaders not to trust the Soviets but they did not listen. The rest is history: the blockade of Berlin, the Eastern Block, missiles in Cuba, and wars in Korea and Vietnam. General Anders was clearly stunned by the betrayal of his army but he had no way of knowing that the Roosevelt Administration was saturated by Soviet spies and Communist sympathizers.

The Polish Army 1939-1945 (Men at Arms Series, 117)
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Great Overview of the Polish Army throughout WW II

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Overview of various Polish armies of 1939-45

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Poland was the first of the Allied nations to succumb to German aggression in the Second World War, but by the most tortuous of routes her army managed to remain in the field through all five years of bloody fighting. Polish soldiers fought in nearly every major campaign in the European theatre, and their tale is a complicated and tragic one. This richly detailed text by Steven Zaloga relates the story of the Polish Army during the Second World War, from the first wave of Stukas in 1939 to its eventual conclusion.

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Great Overview of the Polish Army throughout WW II.......2006-05-08

This a great introduction into the Polish Armed Forces that, not only fought in 1939, but fought through out the war. The author gives a good balance between breadth and depth. The war photos add good flavor to the text. The artwork is nice too. I would recommend this book to any one wanting to gain a basic understanding on how involved the Polish armed forces were during WW II.

Good Starting Point.......2004-07-26

I bought this book hoping to find a quick guide to uniform ranks and insignia and was not disappointed.

As with all MAA series titles, this has a comprehensive amount of information in an easy to read format; covers the Polish Army of 1939, and the various exile forces that came later as well as forces in Poland under German occupation.

Sidebars include Polish rank insignia in a nicely done monochrome chart, plus diagrams of Polish divisional insignia as worn by expatriate forces under Canadian and British command later in the war. Also a nice diagram of Polish and German divisions in the fighting of 1939.

The photos from the early war pariod are dark and murky, no doubt a problem with the originals themselves and no reflection on the quality of the publisher - the late war photos are nicely reproduced.

Colour plates by Richard Hook are extremely well done, on a par with Chappell; perhaps a little grainier than Volstad, the poses and general layout are on a par with the latter. Great variety in the facial expressions, too, nice touch.

Text deals with the history of Polish forces in general, and provides a list of sources. Unlike coverage of other forces, little is said of uniforms, insignia, weapons, or organization outside of the colour plate captions. Those interested in the more detailed historical treatment will enjoy this; those hoping for more detail on small unit organization, weaponry, etc. will be disappointed and need to look elsewhere.

Overview of various Polish armies of 1939-45.......2003-08-04

"The Polish Army 1939-45" by Steven J. Zaloga is a concise overview of the uniforms, equipment, and history of Polish armies during WWII. The book has eight full-page color illustrations by Richard Hook, which the author also discusses and explains. This volume is filled with black and white photos, includes a map, and has illustrations of rank and divisional insignia. The book is worth reading to get an insight into the Polish armies and their activities during WWII.

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Release Date: 1988-06-01

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The 17th century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was almost as varied as modern America. Alongside Slavs lived Lithuanians and other Balts, Germans, Tatars, Armenian merchants, Jewish traders, and even a remarkably large populations of Scots. This variety of cultures had a strong influence on the Polish army. Along with the predominantly Polish and Lithuanian 'winged' hussars served numerous foreigners from both within and outside the Commonwealth: Tatars and Cossacks, Wallachians, Transylvanians, Moldavians, Hungarians, Serbians and Albanians; and from the West, French, Italians, Dutch, Walloons, Swedes and Scots. Richard Brzezinski's companion volume to Men-at-Arms 184 completes his fascinating examination of Polish armies from 1569-1696.

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The 2nd volume on Polish armies of 1569-1696.......2003-07-06

"Polish Armies 1569-1696 (2)" by Richard Brzezinski is the second volume on the armies of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This volume is 47 pages, has 8 full-page color illustrations by Angus McBride, and has various photographs, illustrations, and maps.

The book discusses the Foreign Autorament of the Polish army, which included "German" Infantry, "German" Calvary, Dragoons, Hungarian Haiduk Infantry, Swiss and other Western Guards, Janissaries, and Tatars. Furthermore, private armies, town and city forces, Zaporozhian Cossacks, warfare in Poland, and tactics are discussed.

This book provides further insight into the 17th century armies of Poland. It briefly discusses the above and has numerous photographs to add meaning to the words. This book, along with the first volume, are great books for someone interested in a concise format of 17th century Polish history.

Polish Armies, Winged Hussars and More.......2003-06-12

"Polish Armies: 1569-1696 (1)" is the first book in a two-part set. Some of the topics covered in this volume are organization and recruitment, types of cavalry and infantry, armor and weapons, flags, command insignia, and field signs. This book is filled with photographs and illustrations that bring to life this period. Eight full-page artworks depict various uniforms with high attention to detail.

The book is very well written, and Polish history is brought to life in words and pictures. Many aspects of this time are concisely described in this volume. After reading this book, you will want to read its second part.

Polish Armies 17th Century.......2000-01-25

The book highlights and illustrates one of the most flambuoyant periods in Polish military history. The brief, comprehensive summary and excellent illustrations help the reader to visualise and understand why Poland in the 16th-17th century was a power to be reckoned with. The vast array of military forces - Polish winged hussars, light cavalry, Cossacks, Tartars, Wallahians etc, present a picture of a colourful, highly effective strike force. A must-read for anyone interested in this subject.

The Polish Underground Army, the Western Allies, and the Failure of Strategic Unity in World War II

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The Polish Underground Army, the Western Allies, and the Failure of Strategic Unity in World War II
Michael Alfred Peszke
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Enigma: How the Poles Broke the Nazi Code (Polish Histories)
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ASIN: 078642009X

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Poland was the first country to stand up to Germany in 1939, and maintained an underground army during the years of World War II. The underground army was organized in occupied Poland in October 1939 and worked until April 1945, hoping to establish a legitimate authority in post-war Poland while liberating territory with the aid of Polish Forces from the west. This military history covers the attempts of General Wladyslaw Sikorski and his successor (General Kazimierz Sosnkowski) to integrate the Polish forces into Western Strategy, and trying to have their clandestine forces (the Armia Krajowa) declared an allied combatant and legitimized by the Western powers before the eyes of both Germans and Soviets who sought Poland's destruction.

The work opens with some general remarks on the inter-war period of 1919-1939, and then concentrates on the period of October 1939 through January 1945 and V-E Day. It covers such topics as Poland's part in the Norwegian and French Campaigns, the Battle of Britain, Polish Intelligence Services, Military Radio Network, Feluccas, the creation of the Polish Parachute Brigade, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the Bomber Offensive, the Katyn graves, Polish air crews in RAF transport command, Tehran, Polish Wings in the 2nd Tactical Air Force, the Bardsea Plan, the invasion of Normandy, the Pierwsza Pancera, the Warsaw Uprising, Operation Freston, the disbanding of the Polish Home Army, and Yalta. A conclusion and several appendices (including a chronology, costs of the Polish forces based in the UK, list of Polish squadrons in UK, and the texts of Polish-British agreements) close the work.

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The Warsaw Uprising, and a Mini-Encyclopedia of the Polish Underground in WWII

Underground Warrior's Memoirs

Unforgettable, Fact-Packed Story of the Polish Resistance

Thrilling Account of WWII Guerilla Warfare

Secret Army
T. Bor Komorowski
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Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation 1939-1944

ASIN: 0898390826

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The Warsaw Uprising, and a Mini-Encyclopedia of the Polish Underground in WWII.......2007-10-01

Tadeusz Bor-Komorowski was, after the capture of Grot Rowecki by the Germans, the head of the entire AK guerilla movement. Bor includes a detailed account of underground life and an impressive list of Polish sabotage actions against the German occupant (pp. 152-154). The AK was careful to calculate maximum benefit from its actions for the cost in German terror reprisals, but the Communist AL had no such scruples (p. 171)

German despoiling policies had turned the Polish countryside into anarchy: "...there grew up a new category of `forest folk'. They were wild bands of all sorts of refugees living by robbery, and were a terrible plague to people in the neighborhood, who were visited nearly every night by bandits, who gradually deprived them of their last belongings...I issued orders to the regional Home Army commanders to undertake the defense of the population against the violence of disturbing elements." (pp. 171-172). It is easy to see how fugitive Jews would fall victim to these bandits and, to the extent that they themselves engaged in banditry, would be targeted by the AK.

Having been its commander, Bor gives full details of the betrayed Warsaw Uprising: the frightful German atrocities, the barricades, the child messengers, the struggle against starvation, the overwhelming German firepower (e. g., the Nebel Werfer ("roaring cow", p. 254), the improvised hospitals, the massive evacuations through sewers, etc. The Communist AL fielded 5 platoons compared with over 600 participating AK platoons (p. 259). One of the successes of the Uprising was the freeing of 350 Jews from a prison and the execution of their Nazi tormentors (p. 245)

Soviet perfidy was consistent, dooming the Uprising. First the Soviets complained that the AK wasn't interested in fighting the Germans, then they urged the Varsovians to rise up, then they denied the existence of any Warsaw Uprising, then they called the Uprising a criminal adventure, etc. They then toyed with the Poles by belatedly taking Praga, while intercepting and disarming AK units marching towards Warsaw to assist the Uprising. The Red Army positions and those of the AK came within 250 yards (230 meters) of each other (p. 341, 354); the width of the draught-shrunken Vistula. Previously, the Red Army had readily crossed the thaw-widened lower Dnieper, three times the width of the Vistula River (p. 341), but, this time, wouldn't budge until long after the fall of the Uprising and the subsequent complete destruction of Warsaw by vindictive Germans.

Token Soviet airdrops were eventually undertaken--but without parachutes so that the goods would be useless. Towards the end of the Uprising, once its doom was certain and very little of Warsaw was still held by Poles (so most airdrop supplies were certain to fall into German hands), Stalin finally allowed western airplanes to refuel on Soviet-held soil after dropping their supplies.

When Masses were said during the Warsaw Uprising, both priests and parishioners were oblivious to the bombs and shells exploding around them (p. 335). Now, if the Easter masses performed during the earlier Warsaw Ghetto Uprising had signified Polish callousness towards Jewish suffering (as portrayed in Holocaust materials), then, using the same logic, what were these Masses supposed to have signified?

Finally, Bor's own experience adds to the refutation of the silly "No Polish Quisling because the Germans never wanted one" argument. After surrendering to the Germans, Bor was repeatedly approached by German officials intent on him creating a collaborationist army (pp. 374-375, 380-381, 383, 386-387). He steadfastly refused.

Underground Warrior's Memoirs.......2007-04-25

General Tadeusz "Bor" Komorowski provides his memoirs of leading the Polish underground resistance in 1943-44 in The Secret Army, published in 1951. The "Secret Army" refers to Poland's resistance forces known as the Home Army or AK, which Komorowski commanded in 1943-44. As war memoirs by senior leaders go, The Secret Army is fairly good, with plenty of detail about his wartime activities and insight into why things occurred. However, Komorowski had to write the book while in exile in England and did not have access to wartime records that might have aided the factual content of the memoirs. For example, there are several cases where the author includes inflated claims about the number of German tanks destroyed in the Warsaw Uprising that far exceeds the number available to the Wehrmacht in that part of the Eastern Front. Another factor that might influence the reader's opinion of the book or the author is that there is absolutely no mention of the author's life or career before the war and he is self-effacing to the point that he almost appears opaque at time. Komorowski survived five years of brutal German occupation by remaining out of sight and unfortunately, the real Komorowski is sometimes hard to see in this book, as well.

The Secret Army consists of only four chapters, covering the birth of the underground in Krakow, his role as deputy commander of the AK, then commander of the AK, and the Warsaw Uprising. About half the book is devoted to the uprising itself. As noted, opening chapter provides no insight into the author's pre-war career (but which the publisher provides on the back cover jacket), but starts with his avoiding German capture after the Polish military capitulation in 1939. Komorowski was soon involved in organizing anti-occupation activities in southern Poland in Krakow and it is apparent that he had a talent for organizing underground conspiracies. The author is very forthright (although not graphic as many later accounts would be) about German atrocities, and wryly notes that, "we in Poland never met the so-called `good Germans.'" The author also discusses some of the Polish sabotage operations carried out in 1941, stating that this reduced production by 30 percent in German factories in Poland. Like many claims in the book about the wider war, it is not clear how the author would know these kinds of numbers at the time, particularly since he was on the run or in hiding much of the time. At other points in the book, Komorowski introduces information about Soviet activities that he clearly learned about years later, but infers that he knew about them as they occurred. There is no doubt that the Polish resistance was able to maintain an effective intelligence network in Eastern Europe, but it is confusing for the reader to have post-war information mixed with wartime recollections.

After General Rowecki, the original head of the AK, was captured in 1943, Komorowski moved up to command the Home Army. One of the best parts of the book is the author's description of the AK's counter-terror campaign in 1943-44, culminating in the assassination of the head of the SS Police in Warsaw. The author spends considerable space detailing the planning and decisions that led to the Warsaw Uprising in August 1944. Actual combat operations in Warsaw were directed by "Monter," as Komorowski was still commander of all AK troops throughout Warsaw, not just the capital. The author shifts to a day-by-day structure in the Warsaw chapter, which provides better focus for the reader. While the author manages to convey the bitterness and anguish of the failed uprising, he manages to do so with excessive bitterness or rancor. He does clearly and deservedly point figures at the Soviets and British for failing to support the uprising, but without getting carried away. As Komorowski and his generation saw it (he died in 1966 while Poland was still under Communist occupation), the uprising was a military failure but a morale success because it demonstrated Poland's undying commitment to fight for its freedom and independence, no matter how great the odds.

The book has a couple of maps and 7 photographs, which is pretty sparse. About mid-way through the book the author provides a couple of organization charts on the structure of the resistance, but without names of who held these positions. I was also a bit disappointed about the lack of military detail about the training, structure and formation of AK combat units. Overall, this is an effective postwar memoir, but limited by the author's lack of access to more source material.

Unforgettable, Fact-Packed Story of the Polish Resistance.......2000-10-06

Komorowski was commander-in-chief of the "Home Army." He tells amazing, detailed stories of secret radio transmissions, attacks by the Polish Underground, and brutal Nazi reprisals. Half the book covers the Warsaw Uprising, which he commanded. He tells a vital, detailed story, and he critiques the Allies' "wishful thinking" and "concessions to Stalin." This book is a must.

Thrilling Account of WWII Guerilla Warfare.......1999-11-16

Little-known facts about guerilla warfare are described by Bor-Komorowski, the head of the Polish underground army. Learn of the heroic Polish struggle against the German conquerors and occupants of Poland. Unlearn the false stereotypes of Poles being essentially passive during the Holocaust.

Armies in Exile: The Polish Struggle for Nation and Nationalism (East European Monographs)

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Armies in Exile: The Polish Struggle for Nation and Nationalism (East European Monographs)
David R. Stefancic
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ASIN: 0880335653

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This book presents a new perspective on the Polish struggle for freedom and independence. It examines three historical periods -- the Napoleonic Wars, World War I, and World War II -- when Poles were forced to fight in other nations' armies to defend a Poland that seemed lost to history. Stefanic considers how Poland survived even though aggressive neighbors has eliminated it from the map.

Stefancic's essays provide a general overview of each period and examines specific events. He addresses such questions as how the soldiers' maintained their national identity while serving in a foreign army and the ways in which they related to foreign cultures.

Beute-Panzerkampfwagen, Czech, Polish and French Tanks Captured from 1939 to 1940 (Panzer Tracts, Vol 19-1)

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Beute-Panzerkampfwagen, Czech, Polish and French Tanks Captured from 1939 to 1940 (Panzer Tracts, Vol 19-1)
Thomas Jentz
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ASIN: 0977164373

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2007, paper covers, 60 pages, prof illustrated with photos ....... Thanks to the efforts of Werner Regenberg in concentrating his 30 year research career on Beute-Panzer used by the German army in WWII, this book is loaded w ith new information on the history, organizational structure, unit strength, tactics, and types of BeutePanzer issued to each unit. H aving contacted veterans from practically e very B eute-Panzer u nit, Werner Regenberg has compiled a massive archive of original documents and photographs directly linked to each unit. Photos with unique unit markings have been included for most major and representative minor units with captions that correctly identify the Beute-Panzer units. In accordance with our high standards, the text and data are based solely on primary sources. The real value of the Brute-Panzer can be learned by reading the translated experience reports written by unit commanders close to the time when the actions occurred. Over 70 clean/rare photos illustrate this 60 page book.

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Combat Motivation of the Polish Forces
Edmund Walendowski
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