卡廷屠杀(英中对照)

古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。
卡廷屠杀
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.

一九三九年，德国根据希特勒与斯大林协定，进攻波兰西部，俄国则侵占波兰东部。一九四一年，德国入侵俄国之后，苏联同意和流亡伦敦的波兰政府合作。流亡政府要求苏联交还一万五千波兰俘虏，但苏联声言那些俘虏逃走了，不知所终。
一九四三年，德国宣布在卡廷森林发现四千四百四十三名波兰军官的乱葬岗，并说他们是遭俄国屠杀的。俄国否认，反称那是德军掠地后下的毒手。其后几十年，俄国一直坚持这说法。到了一九九一年，叶利钦领导的俄国新政府才承认，那场屠杀是斯大林主使的。