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Halik Kochanski

ハリク・コハンスキ

Halik Kochanski

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1962-04-19
Nationality
British
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
historian, writer
Active Years
1999-2024
Memberships
Royal Historical Society, Army Records Society, Society for Army Historical Research, British Commission for Military History, Institute for Historical Research

Education

Downside School
Country: United Kingdom
Balliol College, Oxford
Modern History
Degree: M.A.
Country: United Kingdom
Awarded M.A. in Modern History
King's College London
History
Degree: Ph.D.
Country: United Kingdom
Obtained Ph.D.

Awards

Wolfson History Prize
2023
Work: Resistance: The Underground War in Europe, 1939-1945
Organization: Wolfson Foundation
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Sir Garnet Wolseley: Victorian Hero

1999 History

Biography of Victorian soldier Sir Garnet Wolseley.

military historyVictorian era

The Eagle Unbowed: Poland and the Poles in the Second World War

2012 History

Poland and the Poles during World War II.

World War IIPolish history

Resistance: The Underground War in Europe, 1939-1945

2022 History

The underground resistance in Europe from 1939-1945.

resistanceWorld War II

Bibliography

  • Sir Garnet Wolseley: Victorian Hero
  • The Eagle Unbowed: Poland and the Poles in the Second World War
  • Resistance: The Underground War in Europe, 1939-1945

Legacy

British historian of Polish origin, known for works on World War II, winner of the 2023 Wolfson History Prize.

Trivia

  • Of Polish origin.
  • Educated at the Catholic Downside School.