Sitwa. Grouping of the 5th Vilnius Bison Brigade. Volume three [Rome 1946][rich illustrative material].

Rome 1946/ Printing House: Tipografia Poliglota C. di M. Roma/ linen binding with gilded titling on the front/ 24.5x32cm/ p.304/ good condition, rubbing of the edges of the binding, minor soiling of the linen, paper lining of the side edges of three pages, missing pp.19-20, minor soiling and tearing of the edges of the pages in places. Uncommon.

Rich illustrative material showing the battles of the Polish soldier in Italy (the capture of Hill 619 or photos after the Battle of Monte Cassino) and also in other places in Europe.

It includes, among others: At the turn of historical events, Fighting in the Etruscan Apennines, Fighting for Bologna, from Cassino to Bologna, On the routes of battles and stops, They returned from behind the wires and underground, On the pages of reflections and impressions.

Excerpt from the editors:

One would be wrong to think that Sitwa's editorial team overestimates the achievements or underestimates the value of the publication. It is most and typically a soldier's recording of the experiences and aspirations of the broadest different cross-section of the brigade's social organism, and as such, a recording tool, it seems to us to fulfill its role approximately. For it shows from beyond the uniform marching column, a set of coordinated combat operations, the face of a man, with the fullness not only of mechanized ad hoc activities, of soldierly prowess, but also of civic consciousness, animating the totality of efforts, struggles and sacrifices. And if the numerous thanks coming to us from both hemispheres of the world, are often full of words of warmth and closeness is not why else, but because the publishing house also has its own warm heart, capable of feeling and sometimes warming. Sitwa is not a detached, sublime literature, to which there is no pretension at all - it is life itself.