奥地利斐迪南大公(Archduke Ferdinand of Austria)遇刺是一战爆发最重要的导火线之一——它却是由一个特别愚蠢的失误导致的。在那灾难的一天,发生了两回暗杀。第一次暗杀企图惨遭失败,因为大公的司机成功避开了暗杀者投向车的炸弹。其引发的爆炸伤了几个旁观者和大公的随从,但是大公和他的妻子却没有受伤。逃离到安全地点后,大公坚持要去拜访爆炸中的受害者。在去医院的路上,司机转错了方向,把他们直送到其中一位暗杀者那。当加夫里洛•普林西普(Gavrilo Princip)看到载着斐迪南夫妇即将驶来的车时,他一直藏在一家咖啡厅里。在只有几尺远的地方,普林西普在车设法调头的时候连开两枪。子弹击中了他们的目标,皇储夫妇一命呜呼;不久之后,乱成一片。
8 Failure To Buy Rifles Single-Handedly Prolonged The Civil War
8、购买步枪失败延长美了国内战
Perhaps one of the greatest single mistakes that unnecessarily extended the American Civil War was making James Wolfe Ripley the Union’s chief of ordnance. A conservative man by all accounts, Ripley consistently blocked every move to purchase better arms for the Union, usually claiming they were too expensive. He especially resisted the idea of purchasing breech-loading rifles and thought that the Union’s smoothbore rifles worked well enough. They didn’t. One of Ripley’s greatest failings though, was his ego. One aide suggested that they buy a whole load of Enfield rifles that the British were planning to sell off for practically nothing. Ripley thought it unimaginable that America should go to their old enemy for help. He also predicted that the conflict would be over in a few months’ time. He would later regret that prediction as the Confederates purchased the British guns and used them to whoop the Union in the early battles of the war. As for Ripley, he was finally ousted in 1863—after a full two years of being a thorn in the Union’s side.
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