一战中的纪梵希：1914-1918年前线的一个村庄

纪梵希-莱斯-拉巴斯埃村坐落在法国北部加莱省的一个小高地上。一百年前，它被第一次世界大战取代。那里的战斗非常激烈——1914年至1918年间，在这个小地方赢得了11枚维多利亚十字勋章。菲尔·托马塞利（Phil Tomaselli）的深入描述显示了纪梵希成为战场时发生的事情，这里的故事在西线的其他村庄和城镇也有重复。
纪梵希的关键位置使其成为粉碎性轰炸、步兵攻击和地下战争的目标。这片土地被炮火夷为平地，下面的地面布满了蜂窝状的隧道。采矿作业、炮击、狙击和壕沟突袭都发生在村庄遗址周围，即使这段前线相对平静。在整个战争期间，作为西线战斗特征的艰苦消耗战一直在这里持续。
菲尔·托马塞利（Phil Tomaselli）扣人心弦的叙事大量使用了战争日记摘录、个人故事、官方和非官方历史。
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Givenchy in the Great War: A Village on the Front Line 1914 – 1918
The village of Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée sits on a small rise in the Pas de Calais Department in northern France. One hundred years ago it was overtaken by the First World War. The fighting there was intense – eleven Victoria Crosses were won in this tiny locality between 1914 and 1918. Phil Tomaselli’s in-depth account shows what happened at Givenchy when it became a battlefield, and the story here was repeated in the other villages and towns on the Western Front.
Givenchy’s key position made it the target for crushing bombardments, infantry assaults and subterranean warfare. The landscape was pulverized by shellfire, the ground beneath was honeycombed with tunnels. Mining operations, shelling, sniping and trench raids took place around the remains of the village even when this stretch of the front line was relatively quiet. The grueling struggle of attrition that characterized the fighting on the Western Front continued here throughout the war.
Phil Tomaselli’s gripping narrative makes extensive use of war diary extracts, personal stories, official and unofficial histories.
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