Warsaw 1944

Warsaw 1944: Hitler, Himmler, and the Warsaw Uprising by Alexandra Richie is a gripping, meticulously researched account of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising that traces how Nazi leadership decisions, particularly those of Hitler and Himmler, combined with brutal German reprisals and fraught Polish, Soviet, and Allied politics to produce one of World War IIs most devastating urban catastrophes. Drawing on newly available archives, military records, and eyewitness testimony, Richie reconstructs the insurgents struggle, the deliberate destruction of the city, and the immense civilian suffering, while also examining the strategic miscalculations and missed opportunities for outside intervention. The result is both a vivid narrative of courage and loss and a sobering analysis of how ideology, power, and wartime priorities shaped the fate of Warsaw.