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In the Netherlands, the port of Rotterdam is a blaze.
荷蘭的鹿特丹也成了火海。
The result of German terror bombing raid like the one in Warsaw.
來自德軍恐怖的轟炸空襲一如華沙那次。
But these bombs were dropped after the city has surrendered. Another of Hitler's war crimes.
但這次轟炸是在鹿特丹投降后。希特勒的又一戰爭罪行。
In London, the new Prime Minister is Winston Churchill.
在倫敦，新任首相是邱吉爾。
His first speech reveals his determination to keep fighting whatever the circumstances.
他的初次演說表露了不計情勢繼續戰斗的決心。
"I will say without a doubt, that the fate of Holand and Belgiem, like that of Poland, Czechoslovakia and Austria,
“我毫無疑問這樣說，荷蘭和比利時的命運和波蘭、捷克斯拉夫和奧地利相同。
will be decided by the victory of the British Empire and the French Republic."
都是將由大英帝國和法蘭西共和國的勝利來決定。”
But things have suddenly turned very grim in France.
但法國的前途頓時一片黯淡。
In just three days the Germans've swept through the Ardennes and advancing towards the French defensive line on the Meuse River.
僅在3天內，德軍橫掃阿登，挺進法國在馬士河的防御陣線。
They are closing the net with their pincer movement seeking to entrap the allied troops massed in Belgium.
德軍正在用鉗形運動收網，以包圍在比利時集結的盟軍部隊。
The German infantry men knock over the French as if they came from a different world.
德軍步兵輕易地就打敗了法軍，仿佛他們來自另外一個世界。
With their hand grenade, machine guns and with their sleeves rolled up, they take the town in one day.
他們卷起袖口，用手榴彈和機槍，一天內就拿下這城鎮。
Sedan, the key to the Ardennes which was already terribly marked by the French defeat in 1870.
色當是通往阿登的要道，1870年法國便在此慘敗過。
But the real obstacle for the Germans is the Meuse River.
但德軍真正的障礙是馬士河。
On the night of 13th of May, they bring in beams to build bridges. The French fight back.
在5月13日晚間他們帶了鋼梁要來搭橋。法國進行了反擊。
But the Germans neutralize the French artillery and next morning their sappers finish the bridge galvanized by their General Guderian,
但德軍摧毀了法國的大炮，隔天早上由工兵完成了搭橋。動力來自他們的將軍古德里安，
a 52-year-old Prussian a great armored warfare strategist using tanks strike with force daring and speed.
52歲的普魯士人，偉大的裝甲戰戰略家，利用坦克大膽快速猛攻。
The blitzkrieg or lightning war should not give the enemy time to react.
閃電戰不該讓敵軍有時間反應。
First, the tanks followed by infantry and backed by aircraft especially the Stukas.
先是坦克、跟著是步兵，再由飛機做后盾，尤其是斯圖卡（俯沖轟炸機）。
