艾森豪威尔1944诺曼底登陆的讲话

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS

ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE Soldiers,Sailors, and Airman of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months.The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brother-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of the Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world.

Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardended. He will fight savagely.

But this is the year 1944!Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to Victory!

I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept less than full Victory!

Good luck! And let us all beseech the blessing of Al-mighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.

Dwigh·David·Eisenhower 盟国远征军陆海空三军的战士们：

我们就要出发去参加我们为之奋斗了许多个月的“伟大的十

字军远征”了。此进，全世界都在注视着你们，全世界热爱自

由的人们都在期望着你们，并在不断地为你们祈祷。你们同其

他战线上的英勇盟军和战友一起，一定会摧毁德国的战争机

器，消灭纳粹对欧洲人民的残酷统治，保障我们自由世界的安

全。

你们的任务不是轻而易举的。你们的敌人训练有素，装备精

良，作战顽强。他们将要殊死搏斗。

但今年是1944年了，自从纳粹在1940年到1941年获得胜利以来，形势已经大变。The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats盟军奋不顾身，英勇作战，in open battle, man-to-man已使德军遭到惨重失败。我们的空中攻势大大削弱了敌人的空军力量和地面作战能力。我们的“国内战线”，在武器和弹药方面给我们提供了绝对的军事优势，placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men并给我们准备了可以随意使用的大量受过训练的后备部队。潮流已经改变了！全世界自由的人们正在共同走向胜利！

我对你们的勇敢精神，忠于职守和作战能力深信不疑。我们必将赢得完全胜利！

祝你们平安！让我们大家祈求beseech全能的上帝为这个伟大而光荣的事业undertaking祝福吧！

德怀特。戴维。艾森豪威尔