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Armoured Hussars (Volume 1) - Images of the Polish 1st Armoured Division 1939-47

This wonderful album is a brilliant pictorial history of the 1st Polish Armoured Division composed of about 250 photographs, documents and publications largely collected by WO1 Alexander Leon 'Manka' Jarzembowski, a veteran of 2nd Armoured Regiment, as he soldiered for Poland between 1917-1949.
The collection lay in albums unseen for decades until recent interest in the Division and its Commanding Officer, General Stanislaw Maczek, caused Jarzembowski's son, Jan, to revisit his father's archive in order to provide a narrative for the almost forgotten Division and for his father's memory.

The photographs themselves cover the period from 1939 and the invasion of Poland before moving onto the French Campaign of 1940; the bulk of the images illustrate the story of the Division from arriving in the UK in 1940, reforming in 1942 and then its campaigns in North-West Europe 1944-45 - its pursuit of the Germans across northern France, Belgium and Holland, and finally into Germany.
Included are some of the final Divisional parades prior to disbandment in 1947. There are also many interesting photographs of dignitaries who visited and inspected the Division thorough out those years, including General Sikorski.

The range of images available in this album is wide and impressive with many excellent shots of uniforms, equipment and armour, which not only provide an aid to historians and veteran's families, but, expertly annotated by the author, are of great value to military modellers as reference material.

This album is a tribute to the gallant men of the Polish 1st Armoured Division. General Maczek and his men fought the Second World War from the very beginning to the very end with extreme bravery, but gained nothing for their efforts, yet maintained their dignity and pride to the end of their, often very long, lives.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Janusz Jarzembowski
Formato:	148 pagine, 29.5 x 21 x 1 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	250 foto in B&N
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Helion & Company (GB, 2014)
ISBN:	9781909384439

Armoured Hussars (Volume 2) - Images of the 1st Polish Armoured Division, Normandy, August 1944

Provides a highly-illustrated account of the 1st Polish Armoured Division's baptism of fire in Normandy in August 1944, from Operations Totalise and Tractable to the victory at Falaise, culminating at the climactic battle on Mont Ormel - the site of this triumph was justly named 'A Polish Battlefield' by the Canadians.

This album contains contributions written by the distinguished military author and Normandy veteran Ken Tout, who was recently awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit by the Republic of Poland for popularising the Polish soldiers of the Second World War. Serving as a young Sherman tank crewman in the Northamptonshire Yeomanry, Ken watched the Poles go in to action on 8 August and witnessed their savage baptism of fire.

The album features many dramatic photographs and documents, numbering over 250, from the renowned Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum (PISM) as well as from the author's collection. It is also supplemented by eight pages of colour plates featuring divisional armour, uniforms, maps and a centre page-spread of a close-quarter action on Mont Ormel, based on the memoirs of a regimental commander. Illustrated by the renowned military artist, Peter Dennis, this depiction also features on the front cover.

This book will appeal to all who have an interest in the Second World War and the Normandy Campaign, and is a fitting tribute to those Polish soldiers who fought so gallantly for Europe's freedom as part of the Allied Liberation Army and played a decisive role in the defeat of German forces in France at the Battle of the Falaise Pocket in August 1944.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Janusz Jarzembowski, David T. Bradley
Formato:	184 pagine, 29.5 x 21 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	250 foto in B&N e in colori
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Helion & Company (GB, 2015)
ISBN:	9781910777237

First Polish Armoured Division 1938-47

The First Polish Armoured Division was formed in Scotland in February 1942 from Polish exiles who had escaped first Poland and then France. Its commander, Stanislaw Maczek, and many of its men had previously served in Polish 10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade (10 BKS), which had taken part in the Polish invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1938 and given a good account of itself in the defence of Poland against German and Soviet invasion of 1939.
Under Maczek's leadership the division was trained and equipped along British lines in preparation for the invasion of France.

Attached to 1st Canadian Army, the division was sent to Normandy in late July 1944. It suffered heavily during Operation Totalize but went on to play a crucial role in preventing an orderly German withdrawal from the Falaise Pocket by its stand at Hill 262. They then played their part in the advance across Western Europe and into Germany.
This detailed history, supported by dozens of archive photos, concludes by looking at the often-poor treatment of Maczek and his men after the war.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Evan McGilvray, Janusz Jarzembowski
Formato:	296 pagine, 24.5 x 17 x 3 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	200 foto in B&N
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2022)
ISBN:	9781526724151

Panzer II vs 7TP : Poland 1939 (Osprey)

Hitler's lightning invasion of Poland in 1939 marked the beginning of World War II in Europe. This was the period when armoured warfare inscribed itself into global consciousness as the Poles desperately sought to stave off the Blitzkrieg.
At the heart of the fighting on the ground, large numbers of Nazi Germany's PzKpfw II battled against Poland's better-armed but much less numerous 7TP tank. The two types both possessed unique strengths and weaknesses - unlike the 7TP the PzKpfw II was always equipped with radio, which proved critical for command and control purposes in the heat of combat. But the German tank was blighted by thin armour, which could not withstand Polish gunfire at combat ranges.
This fully illustrated, detailed work evaluates the qualities and idiosyncrasies of each tank, giving a stark and arresting crewman's-eye-view of the brutal armoured combat at the height of the invasion of Poland.

Contents: Introduction - Chronology - Design and Development - Technical Specifications - The Combatants - The Strategic Situation - Combat - Statistics and Analysis - Aftermath - Bibliography - Index.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	David R. Higgins
Formato:	80 pagine, 25 x 18.5 x 0.9 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato con foto e disegni (in B&N e in colori)
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2015)
Collana:	Duel (66)
ISBN:	9781472808813

Polish Armor of the Blitzkrieg (Osprey)

The Polish army during the Blitzkrieg conjures up tragic images of infantry and dashing, but ineffective and ultimately doomed cavalry charges. In actuality the Poles, in the midst of a large-scale re-armament programme, had up to 600 armoured vehicles available at the time of the German attack, as well as a number of newer and better designs in various stages of development.

Facing the inventors of the 'Lightning War', who attacked in great numbers, on multiple fronts and with total mastery of the air, the Polish armoured formations were up against it.
But outdated equipment, doctrine and enormous odds did not stop these units from fighting with bravery and determination before being finally overwhelmed.

This volume is a complete technical study of the machines that formed the backbone of Poland's defences on the ground, using never-before-seen photographs and a comprehensive design and developmental history that reveal a full picture of Poland's armoured forces in the context of their greatest challenge.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Jamie Prenatt
Formato:	48 pagine, 25 x 18.5 x 0.6 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	foto in B&N e in colori
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2015)
Collana:	New Vanguard (224)
ISBN:	9781472808240

The First Enigma Codebreaker - Marian Rejewski who passed the baton to Alan Turing

This biography chronicles the life and achievements of Marian Rejewski, a Polish mathematician and cryptologist whose groundbreaking work helped break the German Enigma code before World War II.
Rejewski, working with Jerzy Różycki and Henryk Zygalski, developed innovative methods to decipher the Enigma machine, a critical tool of German military communications. Their work, completed in the early 1930s, laid the foundation for subsequent British efforts at Bletchley Park, significantly contributing to the Allied victory.
Despite the importance of his contributions, Rejewski's role remained largely unrecognized for decades due to wartime secrecy and political circumstances in post-war Poland.

The book explores Rejewski's life, from his education and groundbreaking discoveries to his personal struggles during and after the war. It sheds light on his perseverance and dedication in the face of immense challenges, offering a compelling portrait of one of history's unsung heroes.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Robert Gawłowski
Formato:	186 pagine, 22.5 x 16.5 x 3.3 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	16 foto in B&N
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2023)
ISBN:	9781399069106

Motocykle Wojska Polskiego 1918-1950

NUOVO

This book presents the history of 75 motorcycle brands used by the Polish Army between 1918 and 1950, both standard-issue and those obtained through donations in peacetime or as war trophies. It is based on 170 archival photographs.

For the first time, it includes a list of motorcycles captured during World War I and used in the Polish-Soviet War. It also describes the development of military motorization from 1918 to 1939 and the use of motorcycles by the Home Army and resistance groups during the occupation - a subject rarely discussed. The Home Army used many motorcycles, often captured shortly before missions and abandoned afterward.

Between 1939 and 1947, the Polish Armed Forces in the West used French, British, American, and captured motorcycles. In contrast, between 1943 and 1950, the Polish People's Army mainly relied on American Harley-Davidson WLA machines - a fact long overlooked and politically inconvenient.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Tomasz Szczerbicki
Formato:	168 pagine, 21 x 15 x 1.5 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	170 foto
Lingua:	polacco
Editore:	Alma-Press (PL, 2025)
ISBN:	9788370209797

Pojazdy Powstanców Warszawskich 1944

A lavishly illustrated book presenting the motorised part of the Warsaw Insurgents' combat effort, concerning the battles seen through the prism of armoured vehicles (tanks, armoured guns, armoured cars, armoured personnel carriers), special vehicles (fire-fighting, sanitary and others) and transport vehicles used by the Home Army.
Guided by the fate of the historical vehicles, the story is enriched with a sketchy picture of the combat operations and the transmission of the motorised preparations for the insurgent battles.

The vehicles are presented at the place where they were captured from the enemy (such as the "Panther" tanks captured in Wola), built during combat or stored in Home Army units before the Warsaw Uprising and at the place of their combat use.
Many of the photographs included in the book have not been published before. It is an extension of the previously published publication "Home Army Vehicles in the Warsaw Uprising" containing new facts that have been established over the last 15 years.

Text in Polish.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Jan Tarczyński
Formato:	168 pagine, 24 x 17 x 1.5 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	110 foto in B&N e in colori
Lingua:	polacco
Editore:	Wydawnictwa Komunikacji i Łączności WKŁ (PL, 2017)
ISBN:	9788320617405

Samochody osobowe i osobowo-terenowe Wojska Polskiego 1918 -1950

NUOVO

The book "Passenger and Utility Cars o the Polish Army 1918-1950- presents the history o military motorization in Poland, based on nearly 200 archival photographs. It covers four main periods:

- Army o the Second Republic (1918-1939) - first listing o passenger car brands used during the Polish-Bolshevik War and the interwar years.
- Home Army (1939-1945) - a little-known subject. Hundreds o cars, often captured, were used in military operations.
- Polish Armed Forces in the West (1939-1947) - French, British, American, Canadian and captured vehicles used on many fronts.
- Polish People's Army (1943-1950) - until recently an overlooked topic. In the early post-war years, 80% o cars were American.

Throughout this period, Polish soldiers used over 150 makes o passenger and utility cars, both regular and acquired during peace or war. This is the first book to present the full story.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Tomasz Szczerbicki
Formato:	182 pagine, 21 x 1 x 15 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	200 foto
Lingua:	polacco
Editore:	Alma-Press (PL, 2025)
ISBN:	9788370209858