古德明英語軍事小故事：開 始 火 燒 巴 黎 了 嗎 ？ (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。開 始 火 燒 巴 黎 了 嗎 ？
on 23 august 1944, while allied forces were rolling through france, general dietrich von choltitz, the german military governor of paris, received direct orders from hitler to destroy the city: "the city must not fall into the enemy's hand except lying in complete debris."
after much rumination, von choltitz decided that he did not want to go down in history as the man who destroyed paris. so he got a message to the allies asking them to invade paris within 48 hours, or he would be forced to carry out his orders. the german ambassador helped by sending a telegram to berlin protesting von choltitz's "brutality". that convinced berlin he was being tough and bought him the extra time needed. a common account holds that, shortly before von choltitz and 17000 men under his command surrendered to the allies on 25 august, hitler phoned him in a rage, screaming, "is paris burning?"
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