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在《人人都能用英语》（点击阅读原文即可在线阅读）的第六章-语法中有一段讲Winston Churchill 在二战中所犯过错的文字，其中有这样一句话：
Winston Churchill: The Flawed Genius of World War II examines the decisions and policies Churchill made in the vital months between June 1940 and December 1941 that prolonged the war, allowed for millions of casualties, and left half of Europe behind the Iron Curtain.
读到Iron Curtain 一词的时候我查了下字典，其基本释义是这样的：
读第一遍的时候，我是这样理解的：“把一半儿的欧洲仍在了特种装甲之后。”刚准备看下一句，一想不对吧？什么叫留在了特种装甲之后？然后又查了一下牛津词典和柯林斯，分别是这样解释的：
这才发现将Iron Curtain 理解成“特种装甲”是夺么的可笑...
之后我又读到这样一句话：
When the United States entered the war, George Marshall’s victory plan was to launch an invasion of the Continent—what would become operation Overlord—early in 1943 and force a direct engagement of the enemy.
发现operation Overlord 无论如何都理解不能，遂查之，结果...
大君主作战是什么鬼！好在我又查了下wikipedia，得：
Operation Overlord was the code name for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II. the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II. The operation commenced on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune, commonly known as D-Day).
the code name for the Battle of Normandy. 原来是诺曼底战役的代号。
接着读书中的段落又遇到一个词儿：
It made landing in northwestern Europe entirely impossible, and D-day, the main objective of attacking Germany directly, through France, was postponed until June 1944.
D-day 又是什么鬼，咦~ 上面好像见到过这个词儿，于是回过头重新读了一遍 Operation Overlord 词条的开头部分，发现后面有两个词 Operation Neptune 和 D-Day ，看上去这两个词似乎都与Normandy landings 有关系，
查Normandy landings 词条之后，得：
The Normandy landings (codenamed Operation Neptune) were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (termed D-Day) of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.
Operation Neptune 是诺曼底登陆的代号，
D-Day是登陆当天日期的代号。
那 Operation Overlord 与 Operation Neptune 又有什么区别呢？
Google一下 Operation Neptune Operation Overlord 如图：
第一条便是讲二者区别的链接：
OVERLORD, **NEPTUNE **and **OMAHA **were code words used by the Allies for various parts of the invasion of Normandy.
Operation **OVERLORD **was the overall plan for landing British, American and Canadian troops in Normandy in June 1944. It covered not only the landing itself, but also the build-up of Allied troops in the beachhead and the initial stages of the fighting in Normandy.
Operation **NEPTUNE **was the code word for the naval operations to convey the assault troops across the Channel and to land them on the D-Day beaches.
整个过程下来虽说增加了额外的时间开销，但对于遇到正解那一刻的喜悦来讲，这点开销是非常值得的。这也让我意识到我之前的阅读是夺么的粗心，不知道漏过了多少细节...唏嘘。
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