古德明英語軍事小故事：犧牲科芬特里 (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。
犧牲科芬特里
on the night of 14 november 1940, the german luftwaffe bombed the english city of coventry. the raid destroyed more than 50,000 houses and shops, and killed 554 citizens and wounded 865. the 14th century st michael's cathedral, coventry's most famous building, was destroyed.churchill knew beforehand, through ultra* intercepts, that coventry was about to be bombed, but to evacuate the population or to engage in great strength the bomber fleet as it approached, was to tell the germans that their enigma security system had been penetrated. the british prime minister therefore made no preparations for the raid. this was the only way to protect ultra, one of the most important weapons of victory in the whole war.
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