迪耶普突袭(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。
迪耶普突袭
before the normandy landings of 1944, an amphibious raid was launched by the allies on dieppe, normandy.
on 19 august 1942, a force of 5000 canadian and 1000 british soldiers landed at dieppe. they immediately came under attack from german troops. within a few hours 4000 of the men were killed, wounded or captured. the raid was a complete failure. it was undertaken because, with the germans operating deep in the soviet union, the russians were urging the allies to relieve the pressure on them by opening a second front in europe.
allied commanders later claimed that the dieppe raid was a necessary precursor to the normandy landings, and that valuable lessons were learned. however, historians have argued that the lessons could have been predicted, and the lives of brave soldiers were wasted.

一九四四年诺曼底登陆战之前，盟军曾向诺曼底迪耶普港发动两栖突袭。
一九四二年八月十九日，五千加拿大和一千英国士兵登陆迪耶普，马上遭受德军攻击，几小时之内，六千人已有四千死伤或被俘。突袭完全失败。发动突袭的原因，是德军当时深入苏联，俄国人为求分散德军力量，呼吁盟军在欧洲打开第二条战线。
盟军司令后来声言，迪耶普突袭是诺曼底登陆战不可缺少的前奏，又说从中吸收了宝贵教训。不过，有历史学者认为，那些教训其实事先可以想得到，并说勇敢的士兵死得寃枉。