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September 3rd, 1939 at 11 am, the ambassador of Great Britain in Berlin delivers a declaration of war.
1939年9月3日，駐柏林的英國大使于早上11點宣布開戰(zhàn)。
At 5pm, France declares war on Germany. Hitler can hardly believe it.
下午5點法國對德國宣戰(zhàn)，希特勒簡直無法相信。
German generals find himself facing their worst case scenario, war on two fronts. But the die is cast.
德國將軍自己面臨最糟的狀況：兩條戰(zhàn)線的戰(zhàn)爭。但事情已成定局。
Hitler unleashes the Wehrmacht, the armed forces of Nazi Germany, on to Poland.
希特勒下令納粹德國陸軍進軍波蘭。
Entering battle as if in a Philippa gone age, the Polish cavalry charges the German tanks and is slaughtered.
以如同古代軍隊之姿進入戰(zhàn)斗。波蘭騎兵對德國坦克展開攻勢，然后遭到屠殺。
Paris, the GARE DE I'EST train station.
巴黎，東站火車站。
Many of these men had shifted out from this same platform 25 years ago in a totally different atmosphere.
在截然不同的氣氛中，這些人從25年前同樣的月臺出發(fā)。
In August 1914, they marched off to war in high spirits with flowers in their rifles, but no flowers this time and their rifles.
1914年8月，他們士氣高昂地到前線打仗，步槍上插著花。但這回沒有鮮花，也沒有步槍。
Nobody wants to fight this war. 4 million men are mobilized.
沒人想打這場仗。總共動員了4百萬人。
Many of them are farmers. France is still a largely rural country.
他們之中大多數(shù)人為農(nóng)夫。法國主要仍是農(nóng)業(yè)國。
They head for the German border on foot with their officers following on horseback.
他們徒步前往德國邊界，軍官則騎馬跟在后方。
Armies still rely heavily on horses and these are requisitioned through out the country.
軍隊仍大量依賴馬匹，而這些馬是全國各地征召來的。
Motorization has not kept up.
機動化尚未落實。
Jastone Schiller, a driver one of these out-dated trucks with solid rubber tires, recalls.
開這些實心橡膠輪胎舊式卡車的嘉士東席黑克回憶道。
