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Stalin realized that drastic changes were in order, but would there be time?
斯大林意识到马上会发生巨变，但是究竟会发生在何时呢?
By spring 1940, Germany had conquered Denmark and Norway.
1940年春天，德国占领了丹麦和挪威
On June 25, Germany forced France to surrender after a Blitzkrieg campaign of just six weeks.
6月25日，德国在六周的闪电战后迫使法国投降
The only question was, "Where would Hitler turn next, Great Britain or the Soviet Union?"
唯一的问题就是，希特勒的下一个目标是谁？英国还是苏联?
Stalin could not say he wasn't warned.
斯大林不能否认自己被人提醒过
Although the Soviet Union promptly sent raw materials to Germany,
尽管苏联迅速给德国送去了原材料，
the Germans were already finding excuses not to send the Soviets the manufactured goods they had been promised.
德国已经找好了借口，不守信用，不给苏联发回成品
Soviet patrol flights reported huge groups of German troops stationed along the German-soviet border.
苏联巡逻飞机报告大批德军驻扎在德苏边境
Spy networks in Switzerland, Sweden, and Japan sent word to Moscow that the Germans were going to invade in spring 1941.
安排在瑞士，瑞典和日本的间谍网络也向莫斯科发回报文，说德国将于1941年春天进攻苏联
German surveillance over Soviet territory increased, but Stalin refused to believe a word of it.
德国对苏联的监控增多了，但斯大林却拒不相信
His military commanders were terrified of contradicting Stalin about anything because they knew that would get you killed.
斯大林的军事指挥官非常害怕在任何事情上和斯大林产生分歧，因为他们知道这能招来杀身之祸
When the Germans invaded on June 22, 1941, and unleashed the Blitzkrieg of Operation Barbarossa, Stalin was utterly devastated.
当德国1941年6月22日进攻苏联，发动对苏联的闪电战巴巴罗萨计划，斯大林惊悚万状
