同惡相濟,終難相得 - 古德明

同惡相濟,終難相得 - 古德明

At4.00amon22June1941,JosephStalin,absoluteruleroftheSovietUnion,waswokenandtoldbyhisaidesthathugenumbersofGermantroopshadstartedtopourovertheSovietborderanhourearlier.
Stalinwastakenbysurprise.HehadbeenawareoftheGermantroopbuild-upontheSovietUnion'swesternborder,buthehadputhisfaithinthenon-aggressionpacthehadstruckwithHitlerbeforetheoutbreakofwarinEurope.Underthetermsofthispact,theSovietUnionhadevendutifullysuppliedGermanywithrawmaterialssuchascotton,oil,wood,andmetals.ThelasttrainloadofgrainhadcrossedtheborderbarelyanhourbeforetheGermansmountedtheirattack.
Onhearingoftheinvasion,Stalintookrefugeinhisdachatoconsiderhisresponse.Severaldayspassedbeforehefinallyemergedtogivearadiobroadcastexhortingthepeopletoriseupagainsttheinvaders.
一九四一年六月二十二日凌晨四時,蘇聯獨裁者約瑟夫.斯大林的助手把他叫醒,告訴他說:一小時之前,德國軍隊開始大舉犯邊。
斯大林完全沒有準備。他雖然早就知道德軍在蘇聯西陲雲集,但歐戰爆發之前,他和希特勒簽署了互不侵犯條約,以為可以放心。蘇聯更恪守條約規定,向德國供應棉花、石油、木材、金屬等原料。德軍入侵蘇聯之前一小時,蘇聯還有一列火車滿載穀物開入德國。
斯大林聽到德軍犯境消息之後,躲進他的別墅裏,思量對策,過了幾天才走出來,上電臺呼籲百姓挺身對抗侵略者。