二战启示录 第87期:罪魁伏诛(4)

 The Allies plan to land three hundred and twenty-six thousand men

盟军计划让32万6千人登陆

in just one week a daily average of ten thousand men

仅仅一周内每天平均有一万人

three hundred two thousand vehicles and fifteen thousand tons of supplies on ferry across

3200辆车辆和1万5千吨补给品越海运上岸

In order to accomplish this a harbor is needed

为了达成此目标盟军需要一个港口

But the Allies decided to stay away from the big ports which was too well defended and to land on the beaches of Normandy

但他们决定避开防御太坚强的大港，而在诺曼底海滩登陆

Instead they brought their harbors with them gigantic construction kits is called "Mulberries"

他们带来自己的港口名为“桑树”巨型建筑物件

146 concrete cassions

146个混凝土潜水箱

61 meter long and weighting 6 thousand tons were assembled to create breakwaters and piers

长61公尺，重6千吨组装成防波堤和码头

by the "Liberty" ships that they were called could unload their cargo

所谓的“自由轮”在此卸下货物

American shipyard has turned out one of these ships everyday

美国造船厂每天交出一艘这种轮船

In less than three years the war industry has turn the United States into a super power

不到三年，战争工业让美国成为超级强国

The country has moblized more than 11 million men

美国动员了超1千1百万人力

Its armies are now in France, Italy, North Africa and Asia

其军队如今分散在法国、意大利、北非以及亚洲

The power of the United States is such that just a few days after the Normandy landing in Europe

美国的国力强大到在欧洲诺曼底登陆仅仅数天后

is able to assemble a second fleet on the other side of the world in the Pacific

就能在在世界另一头的太平洋组成第二支舰队

In order attack Mariana islands which under Japanese control

目的在攻击马里亚纳群岛，这里正受日本控制

having taken the island of Tarawa the year before

前一年拿下塔拉瓦岛的美军

the Americans now want to use the island of Saipan as a base for bombers taking off the Japan

此时想把塞班岛当作进攻日本的轰炸机基地

Some one hundred and twenty-seven and a half thousand troops

近12万7500名官兵准备战斗

Two thirds of them are marines prepare for combat

其中三分之二为海军陆战队

15 aircraft carriers and 900 planes will crash the Japanese airforce

15艘航空母舰和900架飞机将在一场空战中击垮日本空武

in the air battle which will come to be known as "The Great Mariana's Turkey Shoot"

这场战役后来被称为“马里亚纳射火鸡大赛”

A fatal blow is also dealt to the Japanese imperial navy

日本帝国海军也遭遇致命一击

After which Japan's defences in Saipan are battered

日本在塞班岛的防御就此宣告瓦解