The Maginot Line ends at the foot of the Ardennes forest.

马奇诺防线止于刚登森林山脚。

His real offensive will be through the Ardennes.

他真正的攻势将是穿越阿登。

So, resistance in Belgium, which is in the flat country except for the Ardennes was very, very difficult.

而比利时地处平原地区除了阿登高地 抵抗起来非常艰难。

He ordered his forces to move quietly through the Ardennes Forest and attack the center of the Allied line.

他命令其部队悄悄穿过阿登森林，攻击盟军防线的中心。

Sedan, the key to the Ardennes which was already terribly marked by the French defeat in 1870.

色当是通往阿登的要道，1870年法国便在此惨败过。

In just three days the Germans've swept through the Ardennes and advancing towards the French defensive line on the Meuse River.

仅在3天内，德军横扫阿登，挺进法国在马士河的防御阵线。

A town in the Ardennes not far from Germany which is at war with France but thing's been quiet. Until now.

这个在阿登的城镇距离和德国不远，德国和法国正在交战。但一切都很安静。到现在为止。

But Hitler preferred the General Von Manstein's idea, cutting straight through the Ardennes Forest then swinging up and driving towards the sea, encircling the Allies with a sickle-cut movement.

但希特勒偏好冯曼斯坦将军的想法。切入阿登森林，然后往上攻到海边，以镰刀切割方式包围盟军。

By early 1945, despite a counterattack by the Germans in the Ardennes Forest in December 1944, the Allies began entering Germany from both the west and the east.

到 1945 年初，尽管德军于 1944 年 12 月在阿登森林发动反击，盟军仍开始从西线和东线进入德国。

He ordered his forces to move quietly through the Ardennes Forest and attack the center of the Allied line. He hoped to break through the line, separate the Allied forces, and regain control of the war.

他命令部队悄悄地穿过阿登森林，攻击盟军防线的中心。他希望突破这条线，分离盟军，重新控制战争。

What they didn't know is that General Von Manstein's plan to invade France relied on an initial attack through the Netherlands in order to divert allied forces from the real, main invading force entering Belgium via the Ardennes forest.

他们不知道的是，冯·曼施坦因将军入侵法国的计划依赖于通过荷兰发起的初步攻击，以转移盟军的注意力，使其偏离真正的主力入侵部队，通过阿登森林进入比利时。

Accordingly over the first few days his men roamed around the Ardennes region turning road signs in the wrong direction and where possible passing on bogus orders to several units of Allied troops that they met.

因此，在最初的几天里，他的部下在阿登地区闲逛，将路标转向错误的方向，并在可能的情况下向他们遇到的几支盟军部队传递虚假命令。