如果希特勒贏了會怎樣？：英語精讀講義

World War II,

第二次世界大戰，

the largest and most costly war in all of human history,

這場人類歷史上規模最大、代價最慘重的戰爭，

is still within living memory of some of us around the world. 片語搭配

依然存在於世界上一些人的鮮活記憶中。

And the fallout of this massive conflict is still visible 70 years after the event. 用詞

而這場大規模衝突的餘波，在事件過去70年後依然清晰可見。

The aftermath of the war gave rise to a massive displacement and migration of citizens in Europe. 片語搭配

戰爭的後果導致了歐洲公民的大規模流離失所和人口遷移。

In a modern world where it's difficult to establish just who are the good guys and who are the bad guys,

在當今這個很難界定誰是好人誰是壞人的現代世界裡，

the Second World War leaves little in the way of ambiguity. 片語搭配

第二次世界大戰幾乎沒有留下任何含糊其辭的空間。

A madman set to take over the world had to be stopped by a morally responsible world stage. 講解

一個企圖接管世界的瘋子，必須被具有道德責任感的國際社會制止。

Fortunately,

幸運的是，

Germany was stopped.

德國被阻止了。

But in today's episode of The Infographics Show,

但在今天這期 The Infographics Show 中，

we ask,

我們要問，

"What if Hitler had won World War II?"

「如果希特勒贏了二戰會怎樣？」

This must be one of the biggest what-ifs in history. 用詞

這絕對是歷史上最大的假設之一。

And had Germany not made the double error of first invading the Soviet Union 文法

如果德國沒有犯下雙重錯誤——先是入侵蘇聯，

and then declaring war on the USA,

接著又向美國宣戰，

we might have been living in a world where the Nazis had been the victors.

我們現在可能就生活在一個納粹是勝利者的世界裡了。

The citizens of the Soviet Union were the ones who paid the dearest for the Allied victory. 慣用語

蘇聯公民為了盟軍的勝利付出了最慘痛的代價。

And if it were not for their determination and resistance, 文法

要不是他們的決心和抵抗，

we may well be speaking German and chomping on bratwurst right now.

我們現在可能正在說德語、吃著德國烤腸呢。

But for this to have happened, 文法

但要讓這一切發生，

we need to factor in a number of variables 片語動詞

我們需要考慮一些變數，

and reverse engineer a scenario that gives Hitler and Germany a good fighting chance of winning the war. 講解

並反向推演一種能讓希特勒和德國有很大勝算的場景。

For Hitler to have declared victory, 文法

為了讓希特勒宣布勝利，

he would have had to have gained a lot more land than he had.

他必須獲得比當時多得多的土地。

The likelihood of Great Britain and the United States ceding their territory is very slim. 用詞

英國和美國割讓領土的可能性微乎其微。

Yet it is possible that some kind of ceasefire would have occurred

然而，達成某種停火協議是可能的，

whereby Germany would have temporary control over the Allied Nations. 用詞

由此德國將暫時控制盟國。

Hitler was by some accounts terrified of the United States becoming part of the Allied Forces. 片語搭配

據一些說法，希特勒非常害怕美國加入盟軍。

Having, 文法

因為他們

as they did,

確實擁有

large resources

龐大的資源，

and being as far away as they were.

而且距離又那麼遙遠。

Capturing land across the oceans would have been unlikely.

跨越汪洋大海佔領土地是不太可能的。

Instead,

取而代之的是，

the USA would have had to agree to become passive in the conflict,

美國必須同意在衝突中保持被動，

leaving Germany to have its way with Europe. 慣用語

任由德國在歐洲為所欲為。

It would have had to have made economic sense for the USA 片語搭配

對美國來說，必須要在經濟上划算，

to continue to do deals with a German-led Europe rather than the individual countries. 片語搭配

才能繼續與德國領導的歐洲而不是各個獨立國家做交易。

Germany would keep the countries it conquered,

德國將保留它征服的國家，

including France and Poland,

包括法國和波蘭，

and Italy would continue to be a German ally.

而義大利將繼續作為德國的盟友。

Spain and Portugal would find themselves aligned with Germany, 文法

西班牙和葡萄牙會發現自己與德國結盟，

and Switzerland would remain neutral.

瑞士則保持中立。

For Germany to have won the Second World War,

德國要想贏得二戰，

they would have had to have given up their ambitions to take the Soviet Union. 片語動詞

就必須放棄拿下蘇聯的野心。

However,

然而，

Stalin was not going to stay quiet.

史達林是不會保持沉默的。

So some kind of peace deal would have had to be brokered between the Soviets and Germany 片語搭配

所以如果希特勒要贏得戰爭，

if Hitler were to win the war.

蘇聯和德國之間必須達成某種和平協議。

Likewise,

同樣地，

Germany would have had to have abandoned its plans to take Japan.

德國也不得不放棄佔領日本的計畫。

And being so far away,

而且由於距離太遠，

there would be no real reason to pursue the East once they'd taken the lion's share of Europe. 慣用語

一旦他們拿下了歐洲的大頭，就沒有真正的理由去向東方擴張了。

In short, 表達脈絡

簡而言之，

a lot of the bigger players on the world stage would have had to have had a reason 慣用語

國際舞台上的許多大國必須有一個理由，

to let Germany carry on with its ambitions. 片語動詞

去放任德國繼續其野心。

This lack of interference would itself be morally wrong,

這種不干涉本身在道德上就是錯誤的，

considering the Nazis attempt to exterminate entire sections of the population, 文法

考慮到納粹企圖消滅部分人口群體，

such as Jews and other so-called undesirables like gay people, 用詞

比如猶太人和其他所謂的「不受歡迎的人」，如同性戀者、

the mentally ill, Romani, etc.

精神病患者、羅姆人等。

So if the Germans had won the Second World War 文法

因此，如果德國人贏得了二戰，

and were allowed to continue their ethnic cleansing, 用詞

並被允許繼續他們的種族清洗，

we would now be living in a world where inside the Greater German Reich,

我們現在就會生活在這樣一個世界：在大德意志帝國內，

these people would have been eliminated.

這些人都已被消滅。

American science fiction writer Philip K. Dick

美國科幻小說家菲利普·K·迪克

in 1962 wrote one of the first alternate history novels to look at what would happen. 文化背景

在1962年寫下了最早探討這種可能性的架空歷史小說之一。

In his book,

在他的書中，

Nazi Germany, Italy,

納粹德國、義大利

and Japan have won the war,

和日本贏得了戰爭，

and the world is divided between them in blocks.

世界被他們劃分成了不同的陣營。

The Empire of Japan includes all of Greater East Asia

大日本帝國囊括了整個大東亞，

with the United States divided between the Japanese puppet Pacific States of America

而美國被分為日本的傀儡國「美利堅太平洋國」

and the Rocky Mountain States,

和「洛磯山脈國」——

a Nazi puppet state of the USA. 文化背景

美國的納粹傀儡國。

Canada avoids occupation in this scenario

在這個情境中，加拿大免遭佔領，

despite being part of the British Empire and being at war with the Nazis from the start. 文法

儘管它是大英帝國的一部分，並且從一開始就與納粹交戰。

With the USA having obtained nuclear capability by 1945, 文法

既然美國在1945年就已獲得了核能力，

Nazi Germany would have been desperate to find their own weapons of mass destruction. 文化背景

納粹德國必然會拼命尋找屬於自己的大規模殺傷性武器。

Nazism may have been discovered by its own people to be inherently evil

納粹主義可能會被其本國人民發現具有內在的邪惡本質，

and be overthrown from within. 片語搭配

從而被從內部推翻。

The truth is, 表達脈絡

事實是，

we will never know just how the world would have panned out, 片語動詞

我們永遠不知道世界到底會如何發展，

as there are simply too many variables to take into consideration. 片語搭配

因為需要考慮的變數實在太多了。

It is safe to say that the victory would probably be short-lived, 表達脈絡

可以肯定地說，這種勝利可能是短暫的，

as the Allies decided once again that the right thing to do 片語搭配

因為盟軍會再次決定，正確的做法

would have been to remove Hitler from the world stage once and for all. 慣用語

應該是將希特勒徹底趕出國際舞台。

So,

那麼，

what do you think would have happened if Hitler and Germany won the Second World War?

你認為如果希特勒和德國贏了二戰會發生什麼？

Let us know in the comments.

請在留言區告訴我們。

Also,

此外，

be sure to watch our other video called the top 10 dumbest reasons

一定要去看看我們的另一個影片，名為「十大最愚蠢的理由」——

people were arrested and thrown in jail.

關於人們被捕入獄的。

Thanks for watching.

感謝觀看。

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像往常一樣，

don't forget to like,

別忘了按讚、

share,

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See you next time.

我們下次見。