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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. This was the second of three major speeches given around the period of the Battle of France ; the others are the " Blood, toil, tears and sweat " speech of 13 May ...
Be Ye Men of Valour was a wartime speech made in a BBC broadcast on 19 May 1940 by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill.It was his first speech to the nation as Prime Minister, and came nine days after his appointment, during the Battle of France in the second year of World War II.
"The Darkest Hour" is a phrase used to refer to an early period of World War II, from approximately mid-1940 to mid-1941. While widely attributed to Winston Churchill , the origins of the phrase are unclear.
The speech was delivered to the Commons at 3:49 pm, [7] and lasted 36 minutes. Churchill, as was his habit, made revisions to his 23-page typescript right up to and during the speech. The final passage of his typescript was laid out in blank verse format, which Churchill scholars consider reflective of the influence of the Psalms on his oratory ...
As holiday lights brighten streets and the season of cheer unfolds, Dec. 21 marks the winter solstice this year -- a reminder that the darkest day of the year is upon us. For the more than 6 ...
“This is probably the darkest hour of my life,” the chart topper said. “But I think that women, we are resilient. You know, we have this resiliency that is just innate in all of us. And we ...
Songs to Save a Soul, full text at Google Books. Swords for Life, full text at Google Books. The Darkest Hour, full text at Google Books. Before Dawn, full text at Google Books. Works by or about Irene R. McLeod at the Internet Archive; Works by Irene R. McLeod at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
Via the release of "Darkest Hour," a passionate, orchestral and soulful ballad representing his first new song in three years, Western North Carolina native Eric Church has again put his art where ...