and Schlieffen literally on his deathbed said that the last German

施里芬临死前说最后一个德国兵
soldier, his sleeve should touch the Manche,

的衣袖要触到拉芒什海峡
the English Channel, and that in order to put France into

也就是英吉利海峡为使法国陷入困境
a headlock, put Paris into a headlock like that,

使巴黎陷入难堪
you should sweep this way, through Belgium--they'd eliminated

应从比利时进行扫荡-荷兰
the Netherlands as part of that invasion route,

在侵略的途中被占领了
that would come in World War II, but they didn't need the Netherlands

在随后的二战中但彼时他们不需要
in this case--that they would march into neutral Belgium,

荷兰他们侵入自1831年便中立
neutral since 1831, knowing that this would bring the

的比利时他们知道英国会因此参战
British into the war because the British could never have Belgium

因为英国不会眼看比利时由一股
occupied by a potentially very hostile power.

具有潜在威胁的势力占领
And, so, Germany is under pressure to win the war quickly.

于是德国必须快速取得战争胜利