古德明英語軍事小故事：有名無實之戰(中英對照)
古德明《征服英語》之英語軍事故事，古德明，香港英語教育作家，他開了一個《征服英語專欄》，在專欄中專門用英語寫了世界近代史上的軍事小故事，用英語講述歷史中那些驚心動魄的戰爭。有名無實之戰
germany's invasion of poland in september 1939 led to the second world war, but the invasion was followed by a period of comparative peace. for seven months, german and french troops confronted one another along the border without doing anything worse than trading insults. on one occasion, one side pelted the other with rotten potatoes. that was all.
the skies were also quiet. the raf sent bombers over germany, but they dropped propaganda leaflets rather than bombs. when the conservative mp leo amery suggested dropping incendiary bombs on the black forest, the shocked secretary of state for air replied,"are you aware that it is private property? why, you will be asking me to bomb essen next!"
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