Two Questions today - 1. TinyGayPirate 04:22 asked: Could you talk a little bit about polish resistance of Armia Krajowa (Home Army) in occupied Poland and did polish resistance have any effect on german logistics at eastern front? And 2. Steve Swit…
Two Questions today - 1. TinyGayPirate 04:22 asked: Could you talk a little bit about polish resistance of Armia Krajowa (Home Army) in occupied Poland and did polish resistance have any effect on german logistics at eastern front? And 2. Steve Switzer 40:43 (best to watch the full thing, but especially from 31:30) asked: Do you think Stalin deliberately held back from helping the Home army in Warsaw? The second question is a huge question which I'm not possibly going to be able to cover fully in one video, but I thought I'd give some thoughts on it today. I am sympathetic to the Polish cause, and think Stalin was evil, but that doesn't mean that the Home Army and the Government-in-Exile didn't drop the ball on this one.
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Specific sources used -
Glantz, D. & House, J. “When Titan’s Clashed.” University Press of Kansas, 2015.
Richie, A. “Warsaw 1944: Hitler, Himmler and the Crushing of a City.” Harper Collins Publishers, Kindle 2013.
Walker, J. “Poland Alone: Britain, SOE and the Collapse of the Polish Resistance, 1944.” Spellmount, Kindle.
Williamson, D. “The Polish Underground 1939-1947.” Pen & Sword Books, Kindle 2012.
“The Warsaw Uprising of 1944: The History of the Polish Resistance’s Failed Attempt to Liberate Poland’s Capital from Nazi Germany.” Charles River Editors, Kindle.
Full list of all my WW2 sources https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/114GiK85MPs0v4GKm0izPj3DL2CrlJUdAantx5GQUKn8/edit?usp=sharing
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