the Alamo

/ði ˈæləməʊ/

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the fort (now in San Antonio, Texas) where an army of about 4 000 Mexican soldiers killed all 187 Texans defending it in 1836. Davy Crockett and James Bowie died there. ‘Remember the Alamo!’ became a famous cry for Texas independence from Mexico. John Wayne directed and acted in a film about the battle, The Alamo (1960).阿拉莫堡：要塞（现在位于德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥），在那里约有4000名墨西哥士兵大军在1836年杀死了保卫它的所有187名德州人。戴维·克罗基特和詹姆斯·鲍伊在那里去世。“记住阿拉莫！” 成为得克萨斯州脱离墨西哥独立的著名呐喊。约翰·韦恩（John Wayne）执导并拍摄了一部关于这场战斗的影片，《阿拉莫》（1960年）。