古德明英语军事小故事:勇 敢 的 丹 麦 人(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。勇 敢 的 丹 麦 人
shortly after occupying denmark, hitler decreed that all danish jews would have to wear a yellow star of david armband. his plan was foiled by the courageous and compassionate danes. within hours of the order, the armbands were being worn by danes of all religions, chief among them being king christian x, who proudly displayed it on his daily horseback rides around the capital. "i," he declared, "am my country's first jew."
as the final solution gained momentum elsewhere in europe, thousands of danish citizens mobilised one night in 1943 and ferried the country's entire jewish population across the sound to safety.
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