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But when the Marine land on this tiny island with its only 9 kilometers wide
但當海軍陸戰隊登陸這寬僅九公里的小島
one of its bloodiest battles of the war begins
大戰最血腥的戰役之一于焉展開
Over 15 thousand Americans and at least 27 thousand Japanese will be killed or wounded
超過1萬5千名美軍和至少2萬7千名日軍非傷即亡
A month and a half after D day the fighting is still fierce
諾曼底登陸日一個半月后戰火仍相當猛烈
The Allies advancing but Eisenhower is worried
盟軍不斷稚進，但艾森豪威爾憂心忡忡
Hitler is determine to contain the Allies in Normandy
希特勒決心將盟軍擋在諾曼底
in order to protect the launch ramps for his "weapon of terror", the V1
以保護他的“恐怖武器”V1的發射臺
which is fired at London from the northern France
他從法國北部對倫敦發射這種武器
It is the first cruise missile ever to be used
這是史上首度使用的巡弋導彈
The V1 is a flying bomb with a pulse jet engine and one ton explosive warhead
V1是一種飛行炸彈，配有脈沖噴射引擎和一噸炸藥彈頭
this small, swift, pilotless aircraft is diffcult to intercept and shoot down
這小、迅速、無駕駛的飛行器很難被攔截和擊落
The British call them "Buzz Bombs" because their make motorcycle noise
英國人稱它們為“嗡嗡炸彈”，因為這導彈會發出機車式噪音
but alert Londoners till their arrival
警告倫敦人它們的降臨
By the time the V1's reached the capital city
V1抵達倫敦時
their fuel is used up and their engines die out
燃料已用盡，引擎也熄火
Londoners never konw where they will fall
倫敦人永遺無法知道飛彈會落在哪里
Nearly twenty thousands of these missiles were launched agsinst England and continent of Europe
德軍對英國和歐洲大陸發射近兩萬顆這種導彈
killing eleven thousand people
導致1萬1千人死亡
But even under these conditions the British retain their pluck and their composure
盡管處于如此險境英國人仍保持住勇氣和沉著
If the V1's failed to demoralize the British
若V1無法打擊英國士氣
their purpose was also to boost the morale of Germans
它們的目的還包括提振德國民心士氣
The years they've had to live in underground shelters
他們已被迫住在地下避難所多年
American bombers by day and British bombers by night demolish Germany cities under a carpet bombs
美英轟炸機分別于日夜，地毯式轟炸德國城市
American planes droped one point four million tons of bombs
美軍飛機投下140萬噸炸彈
Allied bombing lead to around six hundred thousand casualties seven million homeless
盟軍的轟炸導致約60萬人傷亡，7百萬人無家可歸
Such as these outcome of strategic bombing campaign
這就是戰略轟炸作戰的結果
Whose purpose is to destory industrial and human potential behind Germany war time effort
目的在摧毀德國戰力上的工業和人員潛力
