古德明英语军事小故事：战争暴行(中英对照)
古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。
战争暴行
many atrocities were committed by the americans during the invasion of sicily in 1943. on 14 july, 36 prisoners of war were gunned down near gela by their guard. us sergeant barry west. at buttera airfield, us captain jerry compton lined up his 43 prisoners against a wall, and machine-gunned them to death. west and compton were both arrested and convicted of murder. they were sent to the front, where both were later killed in action.
after the town of canicatti surrendered, some civilians were reported to be looting after they had entered a bombed out soap and food factory. at around 6 pm, an american officer and a group of soldiers entered the factory. the officer fired point-blank into the crowd, killing eight civilians. the atrocity was hushed up, and the perpetrator of the crime, lieutenant colonel mccaffrey, died in 1954.
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