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03272aam a2200409Ii 4500 001 B4AE1FE8840811E89478B85797128E48 003 SILO 005 20180710010618 008 170308t20172017paua b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1612005608 020 $a 9781612005607 035 $a (OCoLC)975363091 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $e rda $c BTCTA $d YDX $d BDX $d WIH $d OCLCF $d NLGGC $d SILO 043 $a e-pl--- 050 4 $a D765.2.W3 $b R3313 2017 100 1 $a Radzilowski, John, $d 1965- $e author. 245 00 $a Frantic 7 : $b the American effort to aid the Warsaw uprising and the origins of the Cold War, 1944 / $c John Radzi¿owski and Jerry Szczesniak ; translated by Pawe¿ Styrna. 264 1 $a Havertown, PA : $b Casemate Publishers, $c [2017] 300 $a xvi, 172 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages165-172). 520 $a The Frantic operations were conceived in late 1943 as Soviet advances made Soviet airfields accessible to Allied long-range aircraft. American aircraft could hit targets in central Europe, refuel and rearm at Soviet bases, then fly back to bomb additional targets. In addition to hitting Nazi war industries, the political objectives of Frantic were to build closer cooperation with the Red Army as the end of the war drew nearer. For the first two weeks of the Warsaw Uprising, Soviet forces stood outside the city, and Stalin refused to let the RAF land at Soviet bases after dropping supplies to the Polish freedom fighters. But eventually the United States persuaded him to let them use Frantic to supply the Poles. On 18 September 1944, American B-17 Flying Fortresses dropped arms, ammunition, medical supplies, and food over the city of Warsaw. The assistance came too late for the Polish freedom fighters. For many, Frantic 7 remains a mere gesture to placate Western public opinion, but the events of that day, and the courage of 1,220 airmen who risked their lives to bring them aid, are still remembered by the Poles of Warsaw. This book gives a full narrative of Frantic 7, using the first-hand accounts of those on the ground in Warsaw to tell the stories of the young aircrew. It puts Frantic 7 in context, and explains how the diplomatic wrangling set the stage for the breakdown in relations between the Soviet Union and the United States. 611 27 $a Uprising (Warsaw, Poland : 1944) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01355251 611 27 $a World War (1939-1945) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180924 651 0 $a Warsaw (Poland) $x Participation, American. $y Uprising, 1944 $x Participation, American. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations, American. 650 0 $a Airdrop. 650 7 $a Airdrop. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00802905 650 7 $a Military operations, Aerial $x American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710199 650 7 $a Military participation $x American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01353700 651 7 $a Poland $z Warsaw. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204515 648 7 $a 1939-1945 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 700 1 $a Szczesniak, Jerzy, $e author. 700 1 $a Styrna, Pawe¿, $e translator. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213023444.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B4AE1FE8840811E89478B85797128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search