Elusive Alliance – The German Occupation of Poland in World War I
Autor Jesse Kauffmanen Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 aug 2015
Dubbed the Imperial Government-General of Warsaw, Germany's occupation regime was headed by veteran Prussian commander Hans Hartwig von Beseler. In his vision for Central Europe, Poland would become Germany's permanent ally, culturally and politically autonomous but bound to the Fatherland in foreign policy matters. To win Polish support, Beseler spearheaded the creation of new institutions including a Polish-language university in Warsaw, reformed the school system, and established democratically elected municipal governments. For Beseler and other German strategists, a secure Poland was essential to ensuring Central Europe against a threatening tide of nationalism and revolution.
But as Jesse Kauffman shows, Beseler underestimated the resistance to his policies and the growing hostility to occupation as Germany plundered Polish resources to fuel its war effort. By 1918, with the war over, Poles achieved independence. Yet it would not be long before they faced a second, far more brutal German occupation at the hands of the Nazis.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780674286016
ISBN-10: 0674286014
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 168 x 241 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Harvard University Press
ISBN-10: 0674286014
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 168 x 241 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Harvard University Press
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Jesse Kauffman explains why Germany's ambitious attempt at nation-building in Poland during WWI failed. The educational and political institutions Germany built for its satellite state could not alleviate Poland's hostility to the plundering of its resources to fuel Germany's war effort.