[Colonel Kangaroo]

Logic and the conventional wisdom of the day suggested that surrender was the only way to avoid an invasion and total military defeat. Yet these "rational minds" never reckoned on the bravery of the British people and their remarkable leader.

[goldstategop]

I think Winston Churchill rallied the British people at time when all seemed lost and reminded them of what was stake: their very existence as a free nation. They took his words to heart and the rest is history. I dare say this speech changed the course of the Second World War.

[bad company]

Here is a mp3 file of that speech.7.4mb

[mainepatsfan]

Those darn unilateral British! How dare they continue the war without any coalition partners!! /s

[Thrownatbirth]

This will just create more Nazis in Europe.

[SunkenCiv]

Just adding this to the GGG catalog, not sending a general distribution.

Thus ended the Phony War period. The Germans couldn't cross the Channel, hadn't prepared for it, hadn't had time to prepare, and Hitler showed little interest, planning to reach an agreement and treaty with the UK. Even had Churchill been so inclined, I doubt anyone could have taken Hitler at his word about any agreement, particularly the following year when Operation Barbarossa began, ending the Nonaggression Pact between the USSR and the Third Reich.

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[johnny7]

“What General Weygand called the Battle of France is over.”

However, Weygand odiously added... “England will have its neck wrung like a chicken.”

[se_ohio_young_conservative]

Winston Churchill is one of my favorite historical figures. We need a Churchill for the war on terror.

[rdl6989]

I was thinking about this today when I first heard about the attack on Glasgow.