03014nam 2200601 a 450 991078395910332120230617004928.01-135-75636-897866102396101-280-23961-10-203-50664-2(CKB)1000000000255121(EBL)183195(OCoLC)475899367(SSID)ssj0000223218(PQKBManifestationID)11187315(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000223218(PQKBWorkID)10183012(PQKB)11220356(MiAaPQ)EBC183195(Au-PeEL)EBL183195(CaPaEBR)ebr10162257(CaONFJC)MIL23961(EXLCZ)99100000000025512120030626d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Poles in Britain, 1940-2000[electronic resource] from betrayal to assimilation /editor, Peter D. StachuraLondon ;Portland, OR Frank Cass20041 online resource (141 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7146-5562-7 0-7146-8444-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.THE POLES IN BRITAIN 1940-2000 From Betrayal to Assimilation; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; List of Plates; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Towards and Beyond Yalta; 3 The Establishment of the Polish Section of the SOE; 4 The Government of the Republic of Poland in Exile, 1945-92; 5 The Poles in Scotland, 1940-50; 6 General Stanisław Maczek and Post-war Britain; 7 Homeland Memories and the Polish Community in Leicester; 8 Oral History and Polish Émigrés in Britain; 9 The Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum and its Archival Holdings; IndexStachura provides an important, original analysis of the Polish community in the United Kingdom, adding up to a provocative interpretation of the Pole's position in British society. The chapters add to our understanding of the significant Polish military effort alongside the Allies in defeating Nazi Germany, while the appalling price the Poles paid at the end of the war at the Yalta Conference is accentuated. This crass and wholly unjustified betrayal of the cause of a free Poland by the Allies resulted directly in the formation of a large Polish community in Britain.Polish peopleGreat BritainHistory20th centuryImmigrantsGreat BritainHistory20th centuryGreat BritainEthnic relationsHistory20th centuryPolish peopleHistoryImmigrantsHistory941/.0049185Stachura Peter D791015MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783959103321The Poles in Britain, 1940-20003700439UNINA