Later, Polk wrote: "we had not gone to war for conquest. But it was clear that in making peace we would, if possible, get California and other parts of Mexico."

后来波尔克这样写到：“我们并不是为了征服而战争，而是为了我们尽可能以和平方式从墨西哥获得加利福尼亚和其他地方不得已而为之。”

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Mary Lasker called the war on cancer the country's next moon shot, the conquest of inner space.

玛丽•拉斯科尔将这场抗癌之战称为美国的下一次登月活动，是对内太空的征服。

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The conquest of Iwo Jima, shown from an American view in "Flags of our Fathers" and from the Japanese side in "Letters from Iwo Jima", was the most brutal and pointless of the Second World War.

以美国视角展现的《父辈的旗帜》和日本立场拍摄的《硫磺岛的来信》，表现的都是二战中最为惨烈和无意义的琉璜岛战役。

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If so, why does the book of Joshua provide such a different account, one of outside conquest by means of a war led by the hosts of the Lord?

若这样，为什么《约书亚书》中是完全不同的描述，是由上帝所带领的外部侵略战争？

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He became king in 1934, led the army during the German conquest of the country in World War Two and abdicated in favor of his son Baudouin in 1951.

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