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Parachuting into Poland, 1944 : memoir of a secret mission with Józef Retinger

By Celt , Marek; Retinger , Joseph Hieronim; Frazik , Wojciech; Chciuk-Celt , Jan; Retinger , Joseph Hieronim

Book information

Publisher
Not Avail;McFarland & Company
Year
2013
ISBN
9780786474608, 0786474602, 978-1-4766-0338-4, 1476603383, 83-85088-01-6
Language
englishpolish
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2404810 bytes)
Pages
211\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
-- 1888-1960.;World War1939-1945 -- Personal narratives1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Poland.;Worl1939-1945.;Diplomatic couriers.;Underground movemeCeltJ. H. -- (Joseph Hieronim)Marek.;RetingerPolish.;Diplomatic couriers -- Poland -- BiographyWar.;Poland.

Description

This firsthand account, never before published in English, details a secret World War II mission in 1944 called Operation Salamander, in which Tadeusz Chciuk (writing as Marek Celt) parachuted into German-occupied Poland with the enigmatic political adviser Dr. Jozef Retinger. The goal of the mission was to persuade the Polish underground forces and political leadership to accept that it was imperative to start negotiating with the Soviets right away, as they were now to be considered Poland's allies and had the full support of the British and Americans. The story culminates in Operation Wildhorn III, in which Chciuk and Retinger were picked up in Poland by a British plane that landed just a short distance from a significant detachment of German forces, and flew them to safety

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