二战启示录 第98期:罪魁伏诛(15)

 Wehrmacht commander Marshal Keitel

德国陆军总司令凯泰尔元帅

signed the unconditional¹ surrender of Nazi² Germany

签署纳粹德国无条件投降书

in front of Genernal Zhoukov his mortal enemy

在场的包括他的宿敌朱可夫将军

and the Allied³ officers

和盟军将领

The British Air Marshal Ted⁴

英国空军元帅泰德

The American Genernal Spaatz

美国将军斯帕茨

and the French Genernal De Lattre De Tassigne

和法国将军德拉特德塔西尼

Keitel will later be tried at the international Nuremberg trials

凯泰尔之后将在纽伦堡国际大审中受审

He will be hanged like many other war criminals

如同许多战犯，他将被吊死

To stop the Nazies Germany has to be annihilated⁶

为了阻止纳粹，德国必须被歼灭

Will it also be necessary to annihilate⁵ Japan?

日本也有必要被歼灭吗？

In the Pacific the suicide pilot that Japanese call Kamikaze

在太平洋“神风特攻队”的自杀飞行员

nosedive their planes into the American fleet

开飞机俯冲美国舰队

Touching on their power the military chiefs in Tokyo

东京军事领袖紧抓住政权

sacrifice what remain of their country's youth and their aircrafts

牺牲该国仅剩的年轻人和飞机

in order to prevent the Americans from landing Japan

来避免美军登陆日本

In the end the United States decided against the invasion of the Japan

美国最后决定放弃入侵日本

which it thinks to cost the country a million lives

以保住美国一百万条人命

In stead it detonates the atomic infernal

美国改而引爆原子弹炼狱

The first two neuclear bombs are ever exploded

史上最早引爆的两颗原子弹

kill in one second over a hundred thousand people

在一秒内杀死10万多人

And finally enable Emperor Hirohito to seek peace without losing face

终于促使裕仁天皇在不受屈辱下寻求和平

The atom bomb had to be dropped before these Japanese soldiers and officers would finally consent to perform this act

原子弹投下后，这些日本官兵才终于同意这么做

which is entirely contrary to the Bushido their code of honor

此举完全违反他们的武士道荣誉准则

A few Japanese soldiers take to the jungle

一些日本士兵躲进丛林

Some never even learn that their country defeat

有些人甚至从不知道祖国战败

The last of these will come out of hiding and turn himself in in 1975

最后一人将于1975年从藏匿处出来自首

1 unconditional   

adj.无条件的，无限制的，绝对的

参考例句：

• The victorious army demanded unconditional surrender.胜方要求敌人无条件投降。
• My love for all my children is unconditional.我对自己所有孩子的爱都是无条件的。

2 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

3 allied   

adj.协约国的；同盟国的

参考例句：

• Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
• Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。

4 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

5 annihilate   

v.使无效；毁灭；取消

参考例句：

• Archer crumpled up the yellow sheet as if the gesture could annihilate the news it contained.阿切尔把这张黄纸揉皱，好象用这个动作就会抹掉里面的消息似的。
• We should bear in mind that we have to annihilate the enemy.我们要把歼敌的重任时刻记在心上。

6 annihilated   

v.（彻底）消灭( annihilate的过去式和过去分词 )；使无效；废止；彻底击溃

参考例句：

• Our soldiers annihilated a force of three hundred enemy troops. 我军战士消灭了300名敌军。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• We annihilated the enemy. 我们歼灭了敌人。 来自《简明英汉词典》