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  2. We shall fight on the beaches - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Never was so much owed by so many to so few - Wikipedia

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    Churchill's speech lasted nearly fifty minutes, in which he first stated "Almost a year has passed since the war began, and it is natural for us, I think, to pause on our journey at this milestone and survey the dark, wide field" [9] going on to say that, so far, there had been many fewer casualties than at the same point in the First World War, stating that the war was not a "prodigious ...

  4. This was their finest hour - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Be ye men of valour - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Category:Speeches by Winston Churchill - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Help. Pages in category "Speeches by Winston Churchill" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total ...

  7. Winston Churchill's address to Congress (1941) - Wikipedia

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    Winston Churchill's first address to the U.S. Congress was a 30-minute World War II-era radio-broadcast speech made in the chamber of the United States Senate on December 26, 1941. The prime minister of the United Kingdom addressed a joint meeting of the bicameral legislature of the United States about the state of the UK–U.S. alliance and ...

  8. Opinion - What might Winston Churchill think of Donald Trump?

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    Donald Trump's admiration for Winston Churchill was demonstrated by his display of a bust of the British Prime Minister in the Oval Office, while Churchill's commitment to democracy and the ...

  9. Winston Churchill's address to Congress (1943) - Wikipedia

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    Winston Churchill addressing joint session of Congress, 1943. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's 1943 address to Congress took place May 19 at 12:30 p.m. EWT before a joint meeting of the United States Senate and House of Representatives, roughly a year and a half after his 1941 speech to the same body. He noted that some 500 days had ...