Unit 1 Fighting with the Force of__ Nature.ppt

1、Unit 1 Fighting with the Force of Nature,In the Trenches Richard Aldington,Not that we are weary, Not that we fear, Not that we are lonely Though never alone - Not these, not these destroy us; But that each rush and crash Of mortar and shell, Each cruel bitter shriek of bullet That tears the wind li

2、ke a blade, Each wound on the breast of earth, Of Demeter, our Mother, Would us also, Sever and rend the fine fabric Of the wings of our frail souls, Scatter into dust the bright wings Of Psyche!,The Ice Defenders,In 1941, Adolf Hitler, _ （发动）an attack against the Soviet Union. Hitlers military migh

3、t was _ (无敌）. His war machine had _ down (扫除了）resistance in most of Europe and _ control of （抢占了）most of the continent. He planned to use the _（闪电战） tactics and _ (预期）a quick victory.,Stalin was _ off guard (措手不及）by the lightning war, he ordered the Russians to _ the earth (焦土政策）. In the north, the

4、Germans _ in on （逼近） Leningrad laid siege _ （包围）this city. In the center of Russia, Hitlers goal was the _(攻下） of Moscow.,The Russians _ their time （等待时机）. An early, severe winter _ over （降临）the Soviet Union, the German commanders realized they could not _ , _ , and _ the army（提供粮草军需）. The Russian w

5、inter finally brought the German offensive to a _(停止）.,The devastating weather started to take its toll _ （使付出代价）the Nazi invaders. As the Russian army was _ its strength (积蓄力量）, the Germans were _ (深陷困境） and totally _ (士气低落）. In November 1942, the Russians launched a _ (反攻), _ the siege（突围） and _（突

6、破） the enemys line. The battle of Stalingrad _ the tide against （势态逆转） Hitler and _ the doom of the Third Reich.,The Normandy Landings,The Normandy landings were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy, also known as Operation Overlord and Operation Neptune, during World War II. Th

7、e landings _ （发动） on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (D-Day), every movement of troops was _ (安排) by military planners.,An _(空降) assault landing of 24,000 troops shortly after midnight, and an _ (两栖）landing of Allied _（陆军）and _ _（装甲师）on the coast of France commencing at 6:30 AM. There were also _ （诱饵）operation

8、s to fool the German forces _ thinking the attack would come from Pas de Calais rather than in Normandy.,As we moved in towards land in the gray early light, the coffin-shaped steel boats took solid green sheets of water that fell on the helmeted heads of the troops packed shoulder to shoulder in th

9、e stiff, awkward, uncomfortable, lonely companionship of men going to a battle.,Due to the bad weather, the German side was _completely by surprise （猝不及防）. The meteorological report gave a thin _ of hope（一丝希望） that a _ (短暂平静） in the storm would allow the great armada enough time to launch the invasi

10、on.,The naval and air _（轰炸） were designed to destroy the obstacles, _ down （压制住） the enemy and provide shelter for the ground troops on the open beaches. However the weather caused some serious _（复杂情况），some of the assault crafts missed their assigned landing areas, some _ （沉没） in the rough sea.,Despite difficulties, Eisenhowers gamble with the elements was to pay _（得到回报） .The invasion forces succeeded in establishing a _ （立足点）on French soil. Reinforcements began to _in（涌入）, _ （突进）on deep into