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In effect, Germany and the Soviet Union would split Poland up among themselves. This had been done before.
實際上，德國和蘇聯可以據此來瓜分波蘭。這在以前也有過先例
Germany would gain a sphere of influence in Lithuania while the Soviet Union would get a sphere of influence in Latvia, Estonia, and Bessarabia.
德國可以在立陶宛劃定勢力范圍，而蘇聯則可以在拉脫維亞愛沙尼亞和比薩拉比亞劃定勢力范圍
'Sphere of Influence', of course, is a code word for 'ownership'.
“勢力范圍”就是擁有權的一種說法
As I've mentioned before, Russia has always lacked natural lines of defense like wide rivers and impenetrable mountain ranges.
正如我以前提到的俄國從來都缺乏天然屏障，如寬闊的河流及高聳入云的山脊
Russian leaders like Peter the Great and Alexander the First had depended on defense in depth.
俄國領導人例如彼得大帝和亞歷山大一世都依靠的是縱深防御
Lure the enemy in, let him stretch his lines of supply out, and then devour him.
誘敵深入，拉長補給線，然后一舉攻破
The more territory Stalin acquired for the USSR, the safer he felt.
斯大林在蘇聯攫取的領土越多，就越有安全感
Hitler, too, was quick to take what he was after.
希特勒也同樣，迅速獵取著領土
On September 1, 1939, after a staged quote-on-quote Polish attack on a German radio station,
1939年9月1日，在波蘭對德國無線電臺進行“襲擊”之后
Germany unleashed a Blitzkrieg, or a lightning war, on Poland from the west.
德國從西面進攻波蘭發動了閃電戰
Stalin had to finish cleaning up his nasty war with the Japanese, but he soon sent the Red Army into Poland from the east.
斯大林必須要先結束和日本的混戰，但他馬上就從東邊把紅軍調入了波蘭
Although Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany, no further help was coming.
盡管英法都回應將向德國宣戰，但卻沒有出兵相助
