Warsaw 1944: Hitler, Himmler and the Crushing of a City. Alexandra Richie
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      WARSAW 1944

      Hitler, Himmler and the Crushing of a City

      Alexandra Richie

       Copyright

      William Collins

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      First published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2013

      Copyright © Alexandra Richie 2013

      Maps by John Gilkes

      Cover photograph © AFP/Getty Images

      Alexandra Richie asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

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      Source ISBN: 9780007180417

      Ebook Edition © October 2013 ISBN: 9780007523412

      Version: 2014-07-23

      For Antonia and Caroline

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Dedication

       5. The Uprising Begins

       6. ‘Himmler Has Won’

       7. The Massacre in Wola

       8. The Fate of Ochota

       9. ‘Mountains of Corpses’

       10. Hitler’s War Against the Old Town

       11. The Allies, Hitler and the Battle for Czerniaków

       12. The End Game

       Conclusion

       Guide to Polish Pronunciation

       German Ranks

       Picture Section

       Footnotes

       Notes

       Bibliography

       Index

       Author’s Note and Acknowledgements

       About the Author

       From the reviews of Warsaw 1944

       By the Same Author

       About the Publisher

       Illustrations

      1. Hitler in Warsaw, 5 October 1939. (Topfoto)

      2. Soviet troops advance on Warsaw in the summer of 1944. (AKG)

      3. ‘Agaton’ leads his troops to battle on 1 August 1944. (Zygmunt Walkowski)

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