In summer semester 2012/13 professor Norman Davies offers a lecture on "The Polish Armed Forces in the Near East in 1939-46" on every Friday, 2.15 pm - 3.45 pm in room 205, Ul.Krupnicza 2, 2nd floor.

Please register by sending an e-mail message to: joanna.swierc@uj.edu.pl

You may obtain 2 ECTS points.

Description:

In addition to establishing the origins, progress and final destiny of the formation, which started life as ‘The Polish Armed Forces in Russia' and ended as ‘The Polish Second Corps of the British Eighth Army', the course will emphasise civilian life and relations with the peoples of the region.

Literature:

• Wladyslaw Anders,  An Army In Exile, (London, 1950) 
• A History of Modern Iran
• The Creation of Iraq
• Syria: from French Protectorate to Arab Republic
• The Growth of Egyptian Independence

Detailed syllabus:

1. 1939-41.  Origins of the Polish Army in Russia
2. The Soviet Union and its Central Asian Republics: the Stalinist System
3. 1941-2.  General Anders and his Army: aims, formation, training
4. Uzbekistan and its neighbours
5. 1942:  Deteriorating relations with the Soviet authorities
6. The Anglo-Soviet Invasion and Occupation of  Iran, 1941+
7. 1941-2 Evacuations of the Polish Army to Iran
8. Modern History of  Persia/Iran
9. 1942-45:  the Polish Sojourn in Iran
10. The Teheran Conference,  November 1943: the ‘Big Three'
11. Polish civilian destinations: India, Tanganyika, Mexico, New Zealand
12. Modern History of Iraq
13. The Polish Army in the Middle East:  from Iran to Iraq and Syria
14. Modern History of Syria and Lebanon: the French Mandates
15. Modern History of Palestine, from 1900.  Zionism &Arab Nationalism
16. The Polish Army in Palestine, 1943-45: the Jewish Question
17. Modern History of Egypt and Libya
18. The North African Campaigns: the Polish Contribution
19. From Bari to Bologna: the Polish Second Corps fights in Italy
20. The Middle East in 1945-46: what the Poles left behind