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The Allies have landed in Italy which is occupied by the Germans
盟軍登陸意大利，這里仍被德國占領
In the advance towards the north while Mussolini is still in control
在挺進仍由墨索里尼掌控的北部時
The American, British, Canadian and French armies
美、英，加，法聯軍
are held up by the solid German defense belt along the Gustav lines in the area of Mountain Casino
在卡西諾山地區的古斯塔防線遭到德國堅固防御工事的阻擋
Perched on top of the mountain is historical saint benedict monarstery
歷史悠久的圣本篤會隱修院盤踞在山頭
The Allies think the German have turned this 1400-year-old monument into a lookout post
盟軍認為德軍將這1400年的古跡變成了望哨
More than 200 allied bombers will drop over 500 tons of bombs on the monarstery
兩百多架盟軍轟炸機，將投擲五百多噸炸強到隱修院
In world War II nothing is sacred
在二次世界大戰中沒有任何事物是神圣的
It turns everything into an infernal
戰爭把一切變成煉獄
The Allies launch their attack
盟軍發動攻擊
But the German paratroopers push them back
但德國傘兵打退他們
The German shock troops are now firmly intrenched in the ruined monarstery
德國突擊隊已挖壕溝堅守在隱修院廢墟中
Nothing was achieved by the bombing
轟炸并未達成任何目標
These scenes were filmed by American director Jhon Huston who was sent to this front in Italy
被派到意大利此前線的美國導演約翰胡斯頓拍攝了這些景象
who would later say "It was a massacre in the freezing cold"
他后來說“這是一場酷寒中的大屠殺”
And yet Churchill had called Italy the "soft underbelly" of Europe by moving in from the south of Italy
但邱吉爾說意大利是歐洲的“弱點”，從南部經由意大利推進
Churchill's aim was to take Berlin before the Russians could
丘吉爾的目的是搶在蘇聯前拿下柏林
The Red Army continues to advance steadily from the east
紅軍從東部持續穩定推進
Kiev was liberated
基輔獲得解放
The German Wehrmacht Army pulls out of the Ukraine
德軍撤出烏克蘭
Obeying Hitler's orders to systematicly destroy everything
遵照希特勒命令，有系統地摧毀一切
