在大英博物馆的二战展厅里,陈列着一张泛了黄的中南美洲地图。这张地图虽看似不起眼,但却曾经挽救过英路乃至整个欧洲的命运。第二次世界大战一开始,号称欧洲一强的法兰西共和国在希特勒的强大攻势下节节败退,最后不得不在贡比涅森林举起投降的白旗。但希特勒并没因为占领了欧洲大陆而停止战争,他又向英国发起了“不列颠之战”。当英国遭到德国猛烈轰炸、损失惨重、处于危急之中时,美国国会仍被 World War II in the British Museum exhibition hall, showing a pan-yellow Central and South America map. Although this map may seem modest, it has saved the fate of Britain and Europe as a whole. From the outset of World War II, the so-called European Republic, the so-called European strong one, retreated under the powerful attack of Hitler and eventually had to raise the surrendered white flag in the Compiègne Forest. However, Hitler did not stop the war because of its occupation of the European continent. He also launched Britain’s “Battle of Britain.” When Britain was violently bombed by Germany and suffered heavy losses and was in jeopardy, the United States Congress was still being