Parachuting into Poland, 1944 : Memoir of a Secret Mission with Jozef Retinger

Celt, Marek/ Chciuk-Celt, Jan

McFarland & Co Inc（2013/06発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 220 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786474608
• DDC分類 940.5481

Full 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.

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments  v

Introduction by Jan Chciuk-Celt  1

One. Prologue  27

Two. Prehistory  31

Three. With Captain Paisley in Bari  49

Four. 4.4.44  69

Five. Salamander, the Conspirator  89

Six. The Tragedy of the Jews  114

Seven. Patient Józef Brzoza  117

Eight. The Third Bridge  140

Nine. The End of the Song  161

Appendix 1. Salamander's Report  179

Appendix 2. Source Documents  182

Chapter Notes  201

Index  209