My reading indicates that Nazi counterintelligence was very competent, and that the Brits in particular had been suckered into some devastating operations. The German resistance was never taken seriously again.

I have many Polish friends who believe the Alliles abandones POland. But in my view they had little choice. Nothing short of atomic weapons would've stopped the Soviet juggernaut inm y view. And in any event, after the last 6yrs, the popular sentiment in both Britain and USA was not behind starting a new WW against the USSR. The devastation it would've brought upon Europe would have been immense.

I know people refer to a German anti-Nazi resistance but was there really a resistance which existed much more than in name only? I ask this notwithstanding that there was a brave attempt on Hitler's life on July 20th, 1944 by a German army officer. I wonder about Nazi counter intelligence given the uninterrupted activities of the Rote Kappel or Red Choir which fed vital German high command info to the Soviets right through the war. I understand the western allies did try, unsuccessfully, to get Stalin's permission to land aircraft in territory under his control for the purpose of supporting the Warsaw uprising in 1944. Our bombers might have been more effective if they could haved refueled on Soviet airfields before returning to England. Remember that the Soviets themselves could have easily but did not aid the Poles in the uprising. I wonder if those Polish friends are aware that the western allies were refused permission to help. Do they give an example of how the western allies should have proceeded to war against the German occupation of Poland? That might be interesting.

The general model of resistance during WW2 was. A. The communists, which only recieved Soviet real support, if the soviet union was able to maintain contact. B. Army officers. c. Other political organisations. The general problem was that these fractions of resistance had a tendency to fight each other and they had different waraims.