Britain, France, and the United States just sat on their hands, giving Hitler the idea that he could get away with anything.
英法美只是作壁上观,让希特勒认为自己可以为所欲为
It also let the USSR get its hands on the Spanish Republic's entire gold reserves.
这也让苏联把手伸向了西班牙的整个金矿
Involvement in the Spanish Civil War also didn't slow The Great Terror one bit.
即便卷入了西班牙内战,但这一丝也没有放慢大恐怖的脚步
To crown his purge of Soviet society, Stalin turned against the military in 1938.
为了让大清洗更加冠冕堂皇,斯大林在1938年开始反对军队
The purges of the upper ranks were especially bloody, claiming perhaps 80% of the top Soviet generals and admirals.
对高层的清洗更加血腥,清除了大概80%的苏联高层军官和上将
Only a few real men of genius survived.
只有一些绝顶聪明的人活了下来
Stalin may have felt secure for having purged so many potential enemies.
清除了这么多潜在敌人后斯大林可能会很有安全感
He had definitely crippled the Soviet Union for the Second World War, which was coming faster than he guessed.
他的行为也绝对使苏联的实力在二战中遭到削弱,二战来得比他想象的要快多了
Segment 23d: The Great Patriotic War
23段第四部分,卫国战争
Thanks to the first and second five-year plans, Soviet industrial production had literally exploded.
由于第一个和第二个五年计划,苏联的工业发展突飞猛进
For the first time, the Soviet Union was one of the world's superpowers. The human costs were terrible.
史上第一次,苏联成为了世界强国之一。但对于人民的消耗却是巨大的
Millions of people starved to death, others worked to death, others murdered, as Stalin assumed complete control of the USSR.
数百万人饿死了,还有人劳累致死,其他人被谋杀,这些都是斯大林完全控制苏联后带来的后果