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A Death in the Forest: The U.S. Congress Investigates the Murder of 22,000 Polish Prisoners of War in the Katyn Massacres of 1940 - Was Stalin or Hitler Guilty? Kindle Edition

by Daniel Ford (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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The first atrocity of the Second World War


In September 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union invaded and occupied Poland, dividing the country between them. Some two hundred thousand Polish soldiers became prisoners in Russian camps, often converted monasteries. In March 1940, Joseph Stalin approved a plan to murder twenty-two thousand officers, sergeants, and civilian intellectuals, the better to deprive eastern Poland of the men who might contest communist rule when the eastern half of the country was incorporated into the Soviet Union.

After the German invasion of Russia the following year, the first mass graves were uncovered and revealed to the world by Nazi propagandists. The Russians in turn blamed the atrocity on the Germans, claiming that the bodies were actually Jews dressed in Polish uniforms. Britain and the United States accepted this fabrication so as not to harm their alliance with the Soviet Union. But in 1952 the U.S. Congress convened hearings that convincingly laid the murders at the doorstep of Stalin himself. This is the story of those findings, expanded and updated in September 2014. With photos and a preview of Poland's Daughter.
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It's long been an article of faith among Poles in the West that the United States and Britain hushed up the atrocity in the Katyn Forest and related massacre sites. This made sense during the Second World War, when Churchill and Roosevelt were desperate to keep the Soviet Union in the war again Germany. But why would the coverup have continued after 1948, when the Cold War was in full swing? It didn't, as these previously unpublished documents reveal. Blue skies! -- Dan Ford

About the Author

Daniel Ford has spent a lifetime reading and writing about the wars of the past hundred years, from the Irish rebellion of 1916 to the counter-guerrilla operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is best known for his history of the American Volunteer Group--the 'Flying Tigers' of the Second World War--and his Vietnam novel that was filmed as Go Tell the Spartans, starring Burt Lancaster. Most recently, he has turned to the invasion of Poland in 1939 by Germany and Soviet Russia. Most of his books and many shorter pieces are available for Amazon's Kindle ebook reader. He lives and works in New Hampshire.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005BZKWPW
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Warbird Books; Revised and Updated edition (July 9, 2011)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 9, 2011
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3316 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 82 pages
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Daniel Ford has spent a lifetime studying and writing about the wars of the past hundred years, from Ireland's war of liberation to America's invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. A U.S. Army veteran and a reporter in Vietnam, he wrote the novel that was filmed as 'Go Tell the Spartans', starring Burt Lancaster. As a historian, he is best known for his prize-winning study of the American Volunteer Group--the gallant 'Flying Tigers' of the Second World War. Most recently, he has written a memoir of his life so far: "Looking Back From Ninety: The Depression, the War, and the Good Life that Followed." Visit www.DanFordBooks.com and sign up for a monthly newsletter about war, flying, and less important subjects.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Katyn cover up
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2011
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I began reading this book to learn more about the Katyn Massacre since I am writing a book about a Polish military officer who questioned the official story about Katyn in the 1950s.
This book is a concise review of the US Congressional investigation of the Katyn Massacre in 1952. It is clear that the true perpetrators were known, yet this was not publicized to the degree it could have been. It has puzzled me why the findings were not more publicized many years ago. It would have made great Cold War propaganda for the West. The misinformation about Katyn by the Soviets and apparent Western complicity in this cover-up allowed the Soviets to justify, in part, their expansion and control of Eastern Europe.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Coverage of the Committee's Investigation
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2021
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Detailed and intensive coverage of the Investigation. Worth the read of an historical event that gets little coverage.
HIGHLY recommended.
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Alexandre N. Francisco
5.0 out of 5 stars It's not an exciting thriller or bloodier, with impacting ...
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2016
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It's not an exciting thriller or bloodier, with impacting pictures that some might expect. But as a piece of historical information it is concise, well documented and solid fundamented. A job well done.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book!
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2013
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Everyone should read this book. The world focused on the atrocities the Germans committed ignoring completely the atrocities and terror unleashed by the Soviets.
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Medyka Bahn
5.0 out of 5 stars In Memory Of the Polish victims of Katyn
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 23, 2016
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Another look at the very dark history and the Murder of Polish officers and other ranks as well as politicians in the Forest at Katyn and other locations by the Soviet Union an act that is still felt today.

Part of the title asks: The U.S. Congress Investigates the Murder of 22,000 Polish Prisoners of War in the Katyn Massacres of 1940 - Was Stalin or Hitler Guilty? It is now known and admitted that the murder was committed on Stalin & his psychopath Beria's direct orders.
This should serve as a warning from history as well as keeping the memory of the brave Poles who made the final sacrifice for Poland alive today "Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna"
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まげ店長
4.0 out of 5 stars カティンの森についてよくまとまった良書
Reviewed in Japan on September 20, 2013
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表紙の写真はスターリンが署名した、カティンの森の執行命令書です。
和書でもカティンの森では決定的な2冊が既に出ています。
　 カチンの森――ポーランド指導階級の抹殺
　 消えた将校たち―― カチンの森虐殺事件
それに
　 カティンの森 (集英社文庫)
嘘っぽい情報で（ソ連を擁護）
　 ソ連のスパイたち ――KGBと情報機関1917-1991年
まだ未確定の頃
　 ニュールンベルク裁判―暴虐ナチへ“墓場からの告発” (1974年) (第二次世界大戦ブックス〈54〉)

コレクション的な意味で「カティンの森」の資料が出ると入手せずにはいられないのですが、
これもなかなかいい資料です。
事件が起きた背景から連合軍の中の確執と庇い合い、そして戦後に認めたソ連の犯行についての
流れが簡潔にまとまっています。
余計な装飾が無いので、基本的でかつ重要な事だけを知るには前の2冊を読むよりも手間が
かかりません。Kindle本で価格も安いので、英語に慣れている方にはお勧めです。
写真は一切ありませんので、エグい写真をお探しの人は紙の本の資料を...
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B Skrzywanek-Keens
5.0 out of 5 stars Ethnic cleansing that Russia has still not owned up to
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 17, 2013
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Good investigation from 1952. Shows how much other Allied goverments knew even then - but some are still not opening their archives.

Together with the deportations of approx 2 million Polish people to Siberia in 1940 - this is the story of Ethnic Cleansing that the world does not know about and Russia has not owned up to.

Very worthwhile reading.
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