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100 1  Moorhouse, Roger,|eauthor. 
245 10 Poland 1939 :|bthe outbreak of World War II /|cRoger 
       Moorhouse. 
246 3  Outbreak of World War 2 
246 3  Outbreak of World War two 
246 30 Outbreak of World War II 
250    First U.S. edition. 
264  1 New York :|bBasic Books,|c2020. 
300    xxi, 408 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "Originally published in 2019 as First to fight: the 
       Polish War 1939 by Bodley Head in the United Kingdom"--
       Title page verso. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-339) and 
       index. 
520    "For Americans, World War II began in December of 1941, 
       with the bombing of Pearl Harbor; in Soviet historical 
       accounts, the war was prompted by the German invasion of 
       June 1941; for the British and the French, the war was not
       taken seriously until the German forces penetrated French 
       territory in May 1940. But for Poland, the war began on 
       September 1, 1939 when the Nazi army invaded Poland by 
       land and by air, where they were soon joined by Stalin's 
       army. In Poland 1939, Roger Moorhouse introduces the 
       September Campaign as the triggering event of World War II
       and challenges the prevailing historical understanding of 
       the start the war. The Polish campaign of 1939 is the 
       least written-about and least understood campaign of World
       War II. Although many of the doctrines and practices that 
       would feature so strongly throughout the war - the 
       targeting of civilians, race war, Blitzkrieg, aerial 
       bombing - would see their debut in Poland, the campaign is
       rarely given any real scrutiny. In his close examination 
       of the often-overlooked September Campaign, Moorhouse 
       explores the Anglo-French betrayal of Poland, when both 
       Britain and France pledged to defend Poland but then did 
       nothing of the sort (their inaction resulted in the 
       slaughter of 16,000 Polish civilians). In Poland 1939, 
       Moorhouse offers an insightful account of the September 
       Campaign, and unravels the misconceptions and myths that 
       have clouded the beginnings of World War II. This is the 
       first English-language history of the September Campaign. 
       Moorhouse draws from memoirs of generals, diplomats, 
       letters of soldiers and civilian diaries, as well as 
       private and previously untapped documentary archives in 
       Poland, to expose the true history of the September 
       Campaign, the event that set the tone for the bloody 
       conflict to come."--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|xCampaigns|zPoland. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|zPoland. 
651  0 Poland|xArmed Forces|xHistory|yWorld War, 1939-1945.