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。
无妄之灾
in late 1943, the allies were fighting their way up from southern italy towards rome when they encountered fierce resistance around monte cassino. one casualty of the battle for monte cassino was the benedictine monastery, built in the 6th century.
on 15 february 1944, us warplanes dropped 50 tonnes of bombs on the building, which crowned monte cassino, under the impression that the germans were using it as an observation point. in fact, the german commander had deliberately kept his troops from the building out of respect for its religions and cultural significance. at the time of the attack, the only occupants were the abbot* and six monks together with an unknown number of civilian refugees, mainly women and children. the monastery was razed to its foundations.
