高英Argentia Bay介绍.pptVIP

Argentia bay Argentia Bay,located in the south-eastern Newfoundland,Canada,was leased by Britain to the United States for a military base in 1941.In August 1941,Roosevelt and Churchill signed the Atlantic Charter on the warship Prince of Wales parking in the Gulf. 阿真舍海军基地简介 Naval Station Argentia 阿真舍海军基地位于加拿大的纽芬兰省，在圣约翰斯市的西南160公里处。1940 年12月建筑那里开始了。 由于它的重要的战略位置，阿真舍海军基地成了二战期间盟军在北大西洋中的一个关键基地，同时也是美军在二战中建立的最昂贵的基地，花费了$45,000 000。1941年8月罗斯福和丘吉尔在近海停泊的军舰上签署有关尊重各国自主权的大西洋宪章.是沿海航运的终点站. 阿真舍海军基地在刚建成时包括了在阿真舍港北部的１个海军基地、１个海军航空站和３条跑道，陆军基地在港口的南部，被称之为安德鲁基地。 在二战期间，盟军和美军曾使用阿真舍海军基地的海、空基地进行反潜、空中巡逻和护航的任务。 演变过程 阿真舍海军基地在二战后进行了调整 安德鲁基地于1948年成为了一个空军基地 1955年交给了海军用来创立一个大西洋防御组织和一个早期空中预警联队 1965 年，一个海军设施被委托改造为美国海军的海洋学研究机构，接着，基地中的最大的单位——早期空中预警联队被解散了 1974?空军基地被废弃，第二年海军基地也被撤消了 由加拿大和美国共同管理的海洋学研究机构后来仍驻扎在阿真舍海军基地，另外基地还驻有海军军人购物商店，美国空军的一个特遣分队和雷达站，海军无线电广播电台等军事组织。 1994年，美国海军完全撤离阿真舍海军基地。 Argentia Bay 1.About the origin of Argentia Bay Originally settled by the French in the 1630s that fishing settlement was called Petit Plaisance , meaning “Pleasant Little Place ”. The name was retained in English (Little Placentia)when the French lost control of the area following the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.The community adopted its present name(unofficially in 1895 and officially in 1901) for the presence of silver ore in the Broad Cove region of the community. The name “Argentia” is Latin,meaning “Land of Silver” and was chosen Father John St. John,the parish prest at Holy Rosary Parish from September 18, 1895 to February 11,1911.The Silver Cliff Mine operated until the early 1920s but was never profitable.Through most of the 19th century,the fishery was the lifeblood of the community. 2.About The Winds of War The story is a fiction with the main character, Pug Victor Henry being a mid-rank officer who witnesses all the major events during World War. A novelty of this fiction is, with the ongoing of the story itself, an imaginary reminiscences by a German strategist w