"Has anyone read No Greater Ally" Topic
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| Texas Grognard | 02 Jul 2009 7:24 p.m. PST |
More specifically No Greater Ally: The Untold Story of Poland's Forces in World War II by Kenneth Koskodan. I've always had a place in my heart for the Poles but their is so little literature available on them. That and I've collected a Flames of War Army in the form of the Pol 1st Armd Div. I'm just wondering if its worth picking up? Anyhoo Thanks and Salut y'all! Bruce the Texas Grognard |
| archstanton73 | 02 Jul 2009 9:12 p.m. PST |
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| Frothers Did It Anyway | 03 Jul 2009 1:31 a.m. PST |
No. But I intend to. (Two "no"s – aren't we being helpful!) |
| Martin Rapier | 03 Jul 2009 2:08 a.m. PST |
No, but perhaps we could set the author of this one against the authors of 'Third Axis, Fourth Ally' (about the Rumanian contribution to both sides) to sort out the ranking in the 'greatest ally' stakes. |
| GOTHIC LINE MINIATURES | 06 Jul 2009 6:29 a.m. PST |
Just out of curiosity it was Truman that said something like,Poland?who are Poles…before deciding on leaving Poland and half of Europe to the Red Russian hordes.
Churchill did try slightly but only achieved to save Austria and Greece after a long civil war.
This is why Europe lost and Russia won…the USA also… |
| comradetexas | 18 Jul 2009 12:34 p.m. PST |
I am about a third of the way through it. Picked up a copy at Brookhurst Hobbies in Garden Grove, CA. So far, so good. One interesting detail that sticks out is why they placed troops in the "undefendable" Pomeranian Corridor. Seems they had an agreement with the French that if Poland were attacked, the French would declare war and start operations within 2 weeks of the start of hostilities. If there were no Polish troops in the corridor to attack, that would have given the French a possible reason not to fulfill its responsibilities. That is why they had to show a token defense of the area. We are writing a Flames of War Army Briefing on the first week of the war. Take a look at our project here at earlywar.com or go to thehobbystudios.com and check out the Early War Project. earlywar.com |
onmilitarymatters  | 23 Jul 2009 12:40 p.m. PST |
Great book, filled with "new" information on Polish tactics and lots of interesting anecdotes (like the Polish Air Force wasn't quite the push over as has come down through history). Great look at the initial stages of the German invasion of Poland. Dennis from OMM
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bases up the start of his 1:72 scale WWII Russians.
