The German commander sent an ultimatum to McAuliffe requesting that he surrender honourably to avoid inevitable defeat.

德军指挥官向麦奥利夫发出最后通牒，劝他保持尊严投降，否则必败。

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They would like to "press the button" but find they are no longer able to do so, and are being scattered in their attempts to escape their inevitable defeat.

他们寄望于“按下这个按钮”，但是发现他们什么也做不了，因此他们的企图是散乱的，伺机逃脱必然的失败。

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As the War intensified in later years, these RRG concerts, recorded on Magnetophon tape, helped sustain public morale as the Reich drew nearer to its inevitable defeat.

当战争进入最后的大溃败时期，这些个RRG音乐会录音被保存在了磁带上，用以继续鼓舞那些在无可逆转的失败中战斗的帝国民众的士气。

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But would he lay down his life to stave off the inevitable defeat of an unloved dictator?

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But does he want to drag out the agony of almost inevitable eventual defeat right until Super Tuesday in early March?

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And when the inevitable finally happened, the defeat was so total, the surrender so unconditional and the disgrace of the militarists so complete that all the public's stifled frustration, anger and contempt burst like an overfilled dam.

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