Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin gabatarwar 1947, Wańkowicz ya rubuta: "Mafi yawan wannan littafin an rubuta shi a 1939, don ba da shaida ga gwagwarmayarmu. A wannan lokacin, duk abin da duniya ta sani game da Satumba, ya fito ne daga abokan gabanmu, waɗanda suka yada ƙarya game da yaƙin da ya ɗauki kwanaki goma sha takwas kawai. Duniya ta yi mamakin dalilin da ya sa ƙaramar Finland ta kare kanta
na tsawon lokaci. Wannan shine dalilin da ya sa na rubuta littafin cikin hanzari, ba tare da tushe ba, tare da manufa ɗaya - don nuna ruhun yaƙin Poland. Don haka, littafina ba rahoto bane game da yakin kanta, amma game da ruhun Poland a watan Satumba na 1939 (...) Shafuka masu sassaucin ra'ayi sun yi yawo tare da ni a duk faɗin duniya, kuma lokacin da a 1943 na sami damar buga labaran, da yawa sun ɓace (...) A halin yanzu, lokacin da mutane da yawa daga oflags, gulags da Poland suka shiga cikinmu, bukatar sake buga littafin ga 'yan Poland a Ingila ta taso. Ina ƙara "Westerplatte", labarin sojojin sama na Janar Tadeusz Kutrzeba, da kuma labarin Manjo Hubal. "