This reviewer is old enough to remember the protracted post-war controversary and the sense of satisfaction that many felt when responsibility for the crime was eventually acknowledged by the perpetrators. This book leaves no stone unturned in getting to grips with the whole story up to and including the watershed moment when the truth was properly acknowledged. The author brings a journalist's eye to the topic and every line of investigation is stitched into a compelling narrative which makes this book a riveting read. One is left with tremendous sympathy for the families of the victims - those who were murdered in 1940 and the witnesses who were hounded, tortured and sometimes killed during the years that followed. It is an extremely comprehensive piece of research that must rank as the definitive account of an appalling crime that continues to arouse passions, even today - not just in the act itself but also in the cynical manipulation of the facts afterwards. Recommended. Read the.. Read more
Phil Curme
This reviewer is old enough to remember the protracted post-war controversary and the sense of satisfaction that many felt when responsibility for the crime was eventually acknowledged by the perpetrators. This book leaves no stone unturned in getting to grips with the whole story up to and including the watershed moment when the truth was properly acknowledged. The author brings a journalist's eye to the topic and every line of investigation is stitched into a compelling narrative which makes this book a riveting read. One is left with tremendous sympathy for the families of the victims - those who were murdered in 1940 and the witnesses who were hounded, tortured and sometimes killed during the years that followed. It is an extremely comprehensive piece of research that must rank as the definitive account of an appalling crime that continues to arouse passions, even today - not just in the act itself but also in the cynical manipulation of the facts afterwards. Recommended. Read the.. Read more
Phil Curme
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A Question of Scale
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A Question of Scale
This is a hugely enjoyable and interesting book to read. It covers a topic that may be well known but it is often overlooked. The author has conducted superb research as he notes small details such as the placement of badges in slightly different positions on airframes and uniform details such as insignia worn and styles of uniform. If you are wanting to know about Polish airmen and their activities in the Battle of Britain, then you must read this book. The author’s work and this photographic collection is simply outstanding.
Dr Stuart C Blank
This is a hugely enjoyable and interesting book to read. It covers a topic that may be well known but it is often overlooked. The author has conducted superb research as he notes small details such as the placement of badges in slightly different positions on airframes and uniform details such as insignia worn and styles of uniform. If you are wanting to know about Polish airmen and their activities in the Battle of Britain, then you must read this book. The author’s work and this photographic collection is simply outstanding.
Dr Stuart C Blank
Detailed Military book looking the origins of this conflict and the build up after Munich agreement to the 1st September and the false promises given by British and French governments and under resourced Polish forces. Found this book very interesting.
NetGalley, Stephen Hutchison
Detailed Military book looking the origins of this conflict and the build up after Munich agreement to the 1st September and the false promises given by British and French governments and under resourced Polish forces. Found this book very interesting.
NetGalley, Stephen Hutchison
I saw this book on bookstagram and knew I wanted to read it. I absolutely loved it. It drew me in and I didn't want to take a break. Definitely did not disappoint!
NetGalley, Alicia Goeser
I saw this book on bookstagram and knew I wanted to read it. I absolutely loved it. It drew me in and I didn't want to take a break. Definitely did not disappoint!
NetGalley, Alicia Goeser
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Prisoner of the Gestapo
Tom Firth begins his extraordinary memoir by describing his unusual childhood in Japan and the devastating Yokohama earthquake in 1923. In 1930 the family settled in his mother’s native Poland only to split up when Poland was overrun by the Nazis and the Russians in 1939. Whilst his father and older brother were in England, Tom found himself trapped… Read more...
