古德明英語軍事小故事:迪耶普突襲(中英對(duì)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(gè)《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(dòng)魄的戰(zhàn)爭。迪耶普突襲
before the normandy landings of 1944, an amphibious raid was launched by the allies on dieppe, normandy.
on 19 august 1942, a force of 5000 canadian and 1000 british soldiers landed at dieppe. they immediately came under attack from german troops. within a few hours 4000 of the men were killed, wounded or captured. the raid was a complete failure. it was undertaken because, with the germans operating deep in the soviet union, the russians were urging the allies to relieve the pressure on them by opening a second front in europe.
allied commanders later claimed that the dieppe raid was a necessary precursor to the normandy landings, and that valuable lessons were learned. however, historians have argued that the lessons could have been predicted, and the lives of brave soldiers were wasted.
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