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。
死 谏
germany's crushing defeat of france in 1940 was a shattering blow to french morale. many blamed the government for complacency and for not equipping french troops with modern weapons of war. paul reynaud, who was briefly prime minister before the german occupation and was imprisoned by the germans until 1945, recounted the following : " i received a postcard found on the body of an officer of general corap's army, who had just committed suicide in le mans station. he wrote, ‘ i am killing myself mr president to let you know that all my men were brave, but i cannot send them to fight tanks with rifles. ’ "
