古德明英语军事小故事：有名无实之战(中英对照)
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。有名无实之战
germany's invasion of poland in september 1939 led to the second world war, but the invasion was followed by a period of comparative peace. for seven months, german and french troops confronted one another along the border without doing anything worse than trading insults. on one occasion, one side pelted the other with rotten potatoes. that was all.
the skies were also quiet. the raf sent bombers over germany, but they dropped propaganda leaflets rather than bombs. when the conservative mp leo amery suggested dropping incendiary bombs on the black forest, the shocked secretary of state for air replied,"are you aware that it is private property? why, you will be asking me to bomb essen next!"
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