Name: 【TED-Ed】20世紀最偉大的胡志明小道 (The infamous and ingenious Ho Chi Minh Trail - Cameron Paterson)
Uploaded: 2013-12-25T08:37:55.000Z
Duration: 3 min 55 s

winding through Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia,

蜿蜒的連接越南、寮國和柬埔寨

started as a simple network of dirt roads

and south along the Truong Son Mountain Range

The journey to the South originally took six months.

一趟向南的旅程原本需要六個月的時間

the Vietnamese expanded and improved the trail.

a system of trails was constructed in order to infiltrate

為了將士兵、武器和補給運入南越

soldiers, weapons, and supplies into South Vietnam.

北越建了一系列道路作為入侵準備

along routes used by local ethnic groups,

and broken tree branches at dusty crossroads

were often all that indicated the direction.

were Southerners by birth who had trained in North Vietnam.

都是南越出生、在北越受訓的人

in black, silk pajamas with a checkered scarf.

黑色的寬鬆衣褲和方格花紋的頭巾

They wore Ho Chi Minh sandals on their feet,

and the possibility of attacks by wild tigers or bears

Meals were invariably just rice and salt,

and drinking and smoking with local villagers.

arriving in the South was a real highlight,

By 1965, the trip down the trail could be made by truck.

到了 1965 年， 這趟旅程可以用卡車完成

Thousands of trucks supplied by China and Russia

took up the task amidst ferocious B-52 bombing

and truck drivers became known as pilots of the ground.

而卡車司機被稱為「地面飛官」

They drove at night or in the early morning

and to help drivers repair damage caused by air attacks.

並幫助司機修復空襲所造成的損害

「一切都是為了我們的南方兄弟！」

if the vehicles have not yet gotten through."

to get the U.S. aircraft to bomb mountainsides

The all-pervading red dust seeped into every nook and cranny.

The Ho Chi Minh Trail had a profound impact

North Vietnamese victory was not determined by the battlefields,

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【TED-Ed】20世紀最偉大的胡志明小道 (The infamous and ingenious Ho Chi Minh Trail - Cameron Paterson)

rice

boredom

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wind