Maybe you should see the other side of the hill?
As in, claims that no contacts were established? I frankly doubt any serious historian is making any claim like that.
Maybe you should see the other side of the hill?
Not a good plan, indeed, but AK leaders were desperate. When Red Army entered pre-war Poland, Polish resistance started Operation "Burza" ("Tempest"). Polish guerillas attacked withdrawing Germans, in some situations they actively helped the Soviets in fighting - like in Vilnius. And then... Guerillas units were surrounded by NKVD forces, officers were arrested and sent to gulags (or murdered), while the rest was forced to join Polish Army controlled by the communists and Soviets.The seldom noticed thing about this uprising was that AK wanted to have the cake and eat it too. They wanted to seize Warsaw before Soviets would and gain bargain chip while expecting Soviet army to aid them in doing it.
Not a good plan and assessment of situation, if you ask me.
Also, Polish commanders miscalculated Soviet advance. The order to start the uprising was given because of the reports that Soviet tanks had reached outskirts of Warsaw and Germans had started withdrawing. In fact, it had been only a small group of tanks that had wandered far behind German lines and had been quickly and easily destroyed. AK commander even tried to call it all off, but it was too late - the orders were sent and there was no time to send others.