古德明英語軍事小故事:卡廷屠殺 (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。卡廷屠殺
in 1939, in accordance with the hitler-stalin pact, germany attacked west poland, while russia invaded and occupied the east of poland.in 1941, after germany had invaded russia, the soviet government agreed to cooperate with the polish government in exile in london, who requested the return of 15000 polish prisoners. the soviet government claimed the prisoners had escaped and their whereabouts were unknown.in 1943, germany
announced the discovery of the mass graves of 4443 polish officers in the katyn forest, and accused the russians of having carried out the massacre. russia denied this, accusing the germans of having killed the men as their army invaded the region. they stuck to this position for decades.only in 1991 did the new russian government under yeltsin admit that stalin had indeed ordered the massacre.
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