古德明英语军事小故事:卡廷屠杀 (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。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.
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