古德明英語軍事小故事：寧死不屈 (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。
寧死不屈
The Greek island of Kefalona was garrisoned by an Italian division when the armistice between Italy and the Allies were made public on 8 September 1943. Most Italian forces were quickly disarmed by German troops.General Antonio Gandin, in command of the Kefalona division, received from the Germans an ultimatum: his division was to either disobey orders and continue the war alongside the Germans, be disarmed and treated as prisoners of war, or fight. Gandin decided to have all the 12500 soldiers under his command choose the answer to the ultimatum via popular vote. The majority chose to stand and fight despite knowing that they had no chance. The division, stranded on an island and completely surrounded, went down quickly and brutally. The number of survivors is estimated to be in the low hundreds.
一九四三年九月八日，意大利和同盟國停戰協議公布。當時意大利一師軍隊正駐守希臘咖法羅那島，而各地意大利部隊都迅速被德軍解除武裝?？Х_那島駐軍指揮官安東尼奧．岡丹將軍接到德軍最后通牒：他的軍隊一是抗命，繼續和德軍并肩作戰；一是由德軍解除武裝，當作戰俘；一是和德軍兵戎相見。岡丹決定由手下全體一萬二千五百名將士投票，選擇怎樣回答這通牒。將士明知必敗，但大部分還是寧愿奮起一戰。他們困守島上，遭四面包圍，在德軍殘酷的炮火下，不久就大敗，生還者估計只有二三百人。
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