Most of the atrocities on the western front were committed by the

在西线的大部分暴行都是由
Germans, not by the French.

德国人做的而并非法国人
There were five hundred Belgian civilians executed, most

有五百比利时百姓被处死
famously the nurse, Edith Cavell, who is executed with a

当中知名的有护士艾迪斯·卡维尔
couple of other people accused of treasons.

她与一些其他人以叛国罪处决
There were cases of rape perpetuated by German troops,

当时德国军队还犯下了一些强奸罪行
but rape had not yet become a weapon of war;

但强奸并不是一种战争武器
that would wait until later in that very sad century.

只要等待在当时那个悲痛的年代
But these stories passed very quickly and were seized upon by

但这些故事都过去得非常快它们被
propagandists on both sides, and that sort of keeps folks going.

双方的宣传者利用所以得以流传下来
Okay, now what about Verdun?

好现在讲讲凡尔登
Anyway, this is from Verdun.

毕竟一切始于凡尔登