{"product_id":"the-polish-navy-191845-9781472847003","title":"The Polish Navy 191845","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePacked with illustrations, this is a study of the Polish warships such as the Grom-class destroyers that were developed and built in the interwar years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNewly independent Poland''s naval force was created in 1920, initially with six ex-German torpedo boats. However, after German-Soviet exercises off the Polish coast in 1924, funding for warships was hastily allocated. Two destroyers and three submarines were built in France but, disappointed with their quality, Poland ordered new ships, mostly from British and Dutch shipyards. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy summer 1939, the Polish Navy comprised four destroyers, five submarines, one minelayer, six minesweepers and a handful of lesser ships. Although the Grom-class destroyers were two of the fastest and best-armed destroyers of the war, the tiny Polish fleet would stand little chance against the Kriegsmarine, and on 30 August three destroyers were dispatched to Britain, followed by two submarines that escaped internment. The remaining Poli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe early sections, on riverine warfare in the Polish-Soviet war and the waxing and waning of the inter-war procurement relationship with France, are particularly interesting, and not often referred to in other works. -- Andrew Livsey * The Naval Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION   Poland regains independence, 1918 THE POLISH–BOLSHEVIK WAR   1919 campaign  1920 campaign POLISH NAVY DEVELOPMENT 1921–39   The navy from World War I remnants, 1921  The first naval programme, 1925  Between the Soviet Union and Germany THE POLISH NAVY IN WORLD WAR II   The German–Soviet assault  Revival: the Polish naval detachment 1939  The year of dashed hopes, 1940  The Battle of the Atlantic 1940–44  The Arctic convoys  The North Atlantic  The Mediterranean 1941–44  Invasion of the continent 1944 CONCLUSION  FURTHER READING  INDEX\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408765788503,"sku":"9781472847003","price":10.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472847003.jpg?v=1730504124","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-polish-navy-191845-9781472847003","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}