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May 8, 2020 · PA. The wartime prime minister Winston Churchill's victorious address to the nation marked the end of the war in Europe, on 8 May 1945. But his speeches through the course of the war...
Jan 24, 2015 · Sir Winston Churchill, 1941. In October 1941, Churchill visited his old school Harrow, where he gave his famous "Never give in" speech, urging the nation to keep its resolve in fighting...
- 'Blood, toil, tears and sweat' - May 10 1940. This was Churchill’s first speech since assuming the role of British Prime Minister, following Neville Chamberlain’s resignation: 'I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.'
- 'We Shall Fight on the Beaches' - June 4 1940. Much of this speech addressed the military developments in Western Europe - including the weakening of the French army (even suggesting an eventual surrender) and the loss of the Belgian one.
- 'This was their finest hour' - June 18 1940. This was Churchill’s third and final speech during the Battle of France, made two days after France began seeking an armistice.
- 'The Few' - August 20 1940. The Battle of Britain had begun and in this speech, Churchill praised the Royal Air Force - 'undaunted by odds, unweakened by their constant challenge and mortal danger' that was fending off the German Luftwaffe and 'turning the tide of world war by their prowess and their devotion’.
Feb 23, 2018 · Sir Winston Churchill is widely considered Britain's greatest ever Prime Minster and from these speeches it is not hard to see why. From galvanising a nation in its time of need to...
Winston Churchill - The Greatest Briton In a 2002 BBC poll Winston Churchill was voted the Greatest Briton, mainly for his efforts during the Second World War. During the 1930s, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965) was the foremost opponent of appeasement of Germany.
We shall fight on the beaches" was a speech delivered by the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 4 June 1940.
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The most definitive collection of his speeches is Winston S. Churchill: His Complete Speeches (eight volumes – and a total of nine thousand pages!). There are shorter, more accessible collections: the more selective The War Speeches (only three volumes), the individual collections and various permutations of these – anthologies, special ...
