二战启示录 第84期:罪魁伏诛

 The Allies have landed in Italy which is occupied by the Germans

盟军登陆意大利，这里仍被德国占领

In the advance towards the north while Mussolini is still in control

在挺进仍由墨索里尼掌控的北部时

The American, British, Canadian and French armies

美、英，加，法联军

are held up by the solid German defense belt along the Gustav lines in the area of Mountain Casino

在卡西诺山地区的古斯塔防线遭到德国坚固防御工事的阻挡

Perched on top of the mountain is historical saint benedict monarstery

历史悠久的圣本笃会隐修院盘踞在山头

The Allies think the German have turned this 1400-year-old monument into a lookout post

盟军认为德军将这1400年的古迹变成了望哨

More than 200 allied bombers will drop over 500 tons of bombs on the monarstery

两百多架盟军轰炸机，将投掷五百多吨炸强到隐修院

In world War II nothing is sacred

在二次世界大战中没有任何事物是神圣的

It turns everything into an infernal

战争把一切变成炼狱

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The Allies launch their attack

盟军发动攻击

But the German paratroopers push them back

但德国伞兵打退他们

The German shock troops are now firmly intrenched in the ruined monarstery

德国突击队已挖壕沟坚守在隐修院废墟中

Nothing was achieved by the bombing

轰炸并未达成任何目标

These scenes were filmed by American director Jhon Huston who was sent to this front in Italy

被派到意大利此前线的美国导演约翰胡斯顿拍摄了这些景象

who would later say "It was a massacre in the freezing cold"

他后来说“这是一场酷寒中的大屠杀”

And yet Churchill had called Italy the "soft underbelly" of Europe by moving in from the south of Italy

但邱吉尔说意大利是欧洲的“弱点”，从南部经由意大利推进

Churchill's aim was to take Berlin before the Russians could

丘吉尔的目的是抢在苏联前拿下柏林

The Red Army continues to advance steadily from the east

红军从东部持续稳定推进

Kiev was liberated

基辅获得解放

The German Wehrmacht Army pulls out of the Ukraine

德军撤出乌克兰

Obeying Hitler's orders to systematicly destroy everything

遵照希特勒命令，有系统地摧毁一切