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Stalin realized that drastic changes were in order, but would there be time?
斯大林意識到馬上會發生巨變，但是究竟會發生在何時呢?
By spring 1940, Germany had conquered Denmark and Norway.
1940年春天，德國占領了丹麥和挪威
On June 25, Germany forced France to surrender after a Blitzkrieg campaign of just six weeks.
6月25日，德國在六周的閃電戰后迫使法國投降
The only question was, "Where would Hitler turn next, Great Britain or the Soviet Union?"
唯一的問題就是，希特勒的下一個目標是誰？英國還是蘇聯?
Stalin could not say he wasn't warned.
斯大林不能否認自己被人提醒過
Although the Soviet Union promptly sent raw materials to Germany,
盡管蘇聯迅速給德國送去了原材料，
the Germans were already finding excuses not to send the Soviets the manufactured goods they had been promised.
德國已經找好了借口，不守信用，不給蘇聯發回成品
Soviet patrol flights reported huge groups of German troops stationed along the German-soviet border.
蘇聯巡邏飛機報告大批德軍駐扎在德蘇邊境
Spy networks in Switzerland, Sweden, and Japan sent word to Moscow that the Germans were going to invade in spring 1941.
安排在瑞士，瑞典和日本的間諜網絡也向莫斯科發回報文，說德國將于1941年春天進攻蘇聯
German surveillance over Soviet territory increased, but Stalin refused to believe a word of it.
德國對蘇聯的監控增多了，但斯大林卻拒不相信
His military commanders were terrified of contradicting Stalin about anything because they knew that would get you killed.
斯大林的軍事指揮官非常害怕在任何事情上和斯大林產生分歧，因為他們知道這能招來殺身之禍
When the Germans invaded on June 22, 1941, and unleashed the Blitzkrieg of Operation Barbarossa, Stalin was utterly devastated.
當德國1941年6月22日進攻蘇聯，發動對蘇聯的閃電戰巴巴羅薩計劃，斯大林驚悚萬狀
