"A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II" by Lynne Olson, Stanley Cloud

This book is the gripping, little-known story of the refugee Polish pilots who joined the RAF and played an essential role in saving Britain from the Nazis, only to be betrayed by the Allies after the war.

After Poland fell to the Nazis, thousands of Polish pilots, soldiers, and sailors escaped to England. Devoted to liberating their homeland, some would form the RAF’s 303 squadron, known as the Kosciuszko Squadron, after the elite unit in which many had flown back home. Their thrilling exploits and fearless flying made them celebrities in Britain, where they were “adopted” by socialites and seduced by countless women, even as they yearned for news from home. During the Battle of Britain, they downed more German aircraft than any other squadron, but in a stunning twist at the war’s end, the Allies rewarded their valor by abandoning Poland to Joseph Stalin. This moving, fascinating book uncovers a crucial forgotten chapter in World War II–and Polish–history.

Table of Contents
Dedication
Epigraph
A Few Words About the Polish Language
Prologue
PART ONE - EXODUS
CHAPTER ONE - Into the Air
CHAPTER TWO - “This Race Which Would Not Die”
CHAPTER THREE - Poland “Will Fight”
CHAPTER FOUR - “We Are Waiting . . .”
CHAPTER FIVE - “Sikorski᾽s Tourists”
CHAPTER SIX - “When Will We Start Flying?”
CHAPTER SEVEN - The Battle of Northolt
CHAPTER EIGHT - “My God, They Are Doing It!”
CHAPTER NINE - “The Credit That Is Their Due”
CHAPTER TEN - “The Glamor Boys of England”
PART TWO - BETRAYAL
CHAPTER ELEVEN - “The Cold-Blooded Murder of a Nation”
CHAPTER TWELVE - “Are There Any Frozen Children?”
CHAPTER THIRTEEN - “I Can Handle Stalin Better”
CHAPTER FOURTEEN - “Speak of Them Never”
CHAPTER FIFTEEN - “The War Is in Poland”
CHAPTER SIXTEEN - A Question of Honor
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - “People of Warsaw! To Arms!”
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - “A Tale of Two Cities”
CHAPTER NINETEEN - “A Distant View on the Polish Question”
CHAPTER TWENTY - Light and Darkness
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - “For Your Freedom and Ours”
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
About the Author
ALSO BY LYNNE OLSON AND STANLEY CLOUD
Epilogue
Notes
Permissions Acknowledgments
Copyright Page