第二次世界大戰回憶錄2：晦暗不明的戰爭

🗓日期 ：2026/08/08（後補） 📕課程: Mr. Churchill《The Power of the Words 》 [咖啡]關鍵詞: 知己知彼務實應對 🍑方程式：見證併改變歷史=英軍非洲記者+被俘逃生+見證一戰+最早預警德國威脅+領導英國抗德5年+羅斯福去世+斯大林去世+宣佈冷戰 1. On Nazi cruelty & fighting power (original excerpts) “This man has gathered round him the most formidable apparatus of tyranny and military force the world has ever seen. The Nazi movement is armed with science, organised for violence, fed by hatred. Its armies move with terrible speed and striking power; its secret police inflicts cruelties which darken the story of modern man.” “Hitler’s Germany possesses immense military virtue. The discipline, the bravery, the mechanical skill of German soldiers are not to be denied. But all this strength is harnessed to a creed of ruthless domination, to the trampling down of small nations, to the persecution of whole races.” 2. Churchill’s diagnosis of Nazi weaknesses (original excerpts) “For all their martial prowess, the Nazi system bears fatal weaknesses. It is built upon fear and lies. It unites by oppression; it can only rule by suppressing truth. Its internal unity rests on terror, not consent. It triumphs so long as it wins quick victories; it cannot endure prolonged set‑backs. The structure will strain and crack when hopes of easy conquest fade.” “He has conquered many peoples, but he has not won their hearts. Subject nations wait for his hour of weakness. His empire is an empire held down by bayonets.” 3. Churchill’s counter‑strategy / response (original excerpts) “If you ask what is our policy? I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. If you ask what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory. Victory at all costs. Victory in spite of all terror. Victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.” (House of Commons, 13 May 1940) “We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing‑grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.” (4 June 1940) “Resist, endure, unite. Combine the stubborn will of the British Islands with the resources of the free world. Defeat cannot be final so long as free men refuse to bow.” ​

二戰伊始，在野多年的丘吉爾終於入選戰時內閣，獲任海軍大臣，海軍是英國強於德國的唯一軍種。第二冊主要展現了在丘吉爾的領導下，英德之間在戰爭初期波瀾壯闊的海戰。文末濃墨於挪威戰役，因爲該戰役的失利，導致了張伯倫的下臺、丘吉爾的接棒。

丘吉爾的這一部分回憶很容易被遺忘或忽視，但在我看來卻是彌足珍貴，尤其是挪威戰役部分。丘吉爾不是一個天分極高的人物，從戰略天才的角度，我以爲他遠不如希特勒，更何況他有達達尼爾慘敗的前科。然而丘吉爾始終富於鬥志，勤勉勇敢，並且能夠在連續的逆境中愈挫愈勇。挪威戰役是失敗的，但失敗中孕育着成功的因素。經此一役，丘吉爾對戰爭的把控漸趨成熟，最後挽救了帝國。

張伯倫政府爲挪威戰爭負責而倒臺，丘吉爾先生臨危受命重組內閣，英國開明的政治氛圍，公開的演說辯論代表了一個歐洲強國在第二次世界大戰中的領袖風采。

事無鉅細，有時候看的有點煩，蘇聯侵略芬蘭，德國侵略挪威，盟軍和德國在挪威展開了激烈爭奪，盟軍損失慘重。結尾處德國入侵荷蘭，丘吉爾上臺

事無鉅細一一道來，跳開第一本來看的，這一本後尾處，丘吉爾上任了，主要記錄海軍在前期戰爭中的爭奪、防禦、軍備對比。沒有完備的地理知識，對於戰爭戰略部署合作等簡直一頭霧水啊，知識的儲備，那叫用到實處方恨少。我只是瞎看看的了。因爲是諾貝爾文學獎的作品[偷笑]，8本呢，後面關於對日，美國捲入的，和最後勝利的，收了，斷斷續續再看吧。

歷史上，沒有哪次戰爭可以比這次更加容易地預防。上一次大戰，世界遭受了嚴重的毀壞，這一次，又將上一次僅存的東西毀滅了。現在正義的一方取得了勝利，爲此億萬人拼盡力氣艱苦作戰，甚至付出了生命。可是我們還是沒有迎來和平或是安全，我們終於消滅了那個危難，然而現在卻陷入了比之前更大的危險之中。這簡直是人類史上最悲劇的事情了。喫一塹，長一智，人們應該牢記之前的教訓。對於新生的一代人，我熱切地希望他們能夠改正之前的錯誤，從人類的需求和尊嚴出發，對於可預見的可怕未來加以掌控。

連續讀完2本，終於對各種艦、艇、魚雷、水雷等好好百度學習了一下，也對二次世界大戰中北歐戰場由中立到被侵略的演變有了瞭解，挪威戰役的失敗過程，也充分暴露出戰時的英國民主政府的低效率、猶疑不決和黨派之爭的弊端，至暗時刻即將過去，即將迎來丘吉爾執政的新的高效運轉的戰時內閣

在晦暗不明的道路中行走，每艱難的從泥濘中移動一步，本應如期而至的歡快都瞬間幻滅，變爲突襲的失望，再一次反覆的結束時，巨大的絕望來了，一切明亮了，耀眼了起來，站立的位置也發生了變化  這本最後一章恰好是至暗時刻的故事背景發生時間。

讓人影響深刻的是丘吉爾的管理非常細，懂得也很多，愛思考，想辦法如何解決問題