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Argentia Bay(excerpts) Herman Wouk Chapter One: Argentia Bay Ⅰ. Background Ⅱ Author and writing Style Ⅲ. Detailed Study Ⅰ.Background 1.Where is Argentia Bay? 2.Why choose this place to be the title? Is there anything we should pay attention to this place? Where? Argentia Bay is a community on the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is situated on a flat headland located along the southwest coast of Placentia Bay. Placentia Bay Placentia Bay is a body of water on the southeast coast of Newfoundland,Canada. Map Of Newfoundland Map of Canada Why? On 14 August 1941 NS Argentia located in Little Placentia Sound was the site of the Atlantic Conference for the Atlantic Charter（大西洋宪章）, where Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met face to face for the first time since both took office and the start of World War II. Background Information War between Britain and Nazi Germany was declared on September 3, 1939 in the aftermath of Hitler’s invasion of Poland. Argentia was selected in 1940 to be the location of a United States Navy base being built under the U.S.-British lend-lease program which saw US warships loaned to Britain in exchange for selected British military bases (or land for new bases) in the Western Hemisphere. 对于英国来说：是为了协调反法西斯的战略，抵抗法西斯德国的入侵。 对于美国来说：大西洋宪章中“机会均等”、“海上自由”等内容有利于美国战后与英国争夺势力范围，取得世界“领导地位”。 帮助苏联可以最大限度的防止战后德国、法国（英国的宿敌）过于强大而主导欧洲大陆对自己的影响（英国并不希望欧洲（大陆）过于强大）。而一个强大的苏联却能让欧洲国家感到危险，而增加欧洲对美国军事机上的依赖，而这正是美国所希望的，后来也证明在很长一段时间内确实离不开美国，可以说是各取所需。 Introduction of Herman Wouk Herman Wouk is best known for his fictional accounts of World War II, including The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance. Wouk was a radio-comedy writer until he joined the U.S. Navy in 1