"We Shall Fight on the Beaches... We Shall Never Surrender" - Sir Winston Churchill

The Winston Churchill Homepage ^ | June 4th, 1940 | Winston Churchill

[StoneColdGOP]

BLAM!

[StoneColdGOP]

Bump for the Brits!

[Waeismic]

this makes me think of the ashtray i have made from a piston of a rolls royce engine. it has an inscription... ,,,, "never have so many.... "

my great uncle was lost.

and i cannot express it properly,,, his brother contributed so much,,, and grieved for his whole life.

[StoneColdGOP]

Bump...

[condi2008]

Faithful Allies Bump.

[jonno]

bump

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 09/21/2001. Thanks StoneColdGOP.

[Sawdring]

We shall fight on the beaches Winston Churchill 4th June 1940

[Sawdring]

Who would have thought we were in for a 16 year war back then.

[Rebelbase]

National Geographic magazine had a 45 size record insert of Churchill’s notable speeches when I was a kid.

Used to listen the “fight on the beaches” speech over and over again. Very moving.

[colorado tanker]

A remarkable speech at a remarkable moment in history. Churchill could not persuade the French to continue the fight in Southern France or North Africa. With the U.S. still mired in isolationism, Britain faced the daunting prospect of fighting the Germans alone, with only the Dominions as allies. It would remain so for over a year, until Hitler attacked the Soviet Union.

Churchill was asked what the Government's plan was in the event of a German invasion, where would they go if the defense was unsuccessful? He said there was no plan, that the War Cabinet had never even discussed a plan.

BTW, I highly recommend Darkest Hour. There is a fair amount of Hollywood exaggeration if not fiction, but it's a damn fine movie. Gary Oldman should be a unanimous pick for Best Actor.

[SunkenCiv]

It'll be interesting to see more reactions to the movie, as you probably recall, Gary Oldman got in hot water a few years back for some comment he made about Jews in showbiz.