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THE CHURCHILLS AT HOME

By RELMAN MORIN

the time.

It was the famous ‘we shall fight on . . .” speech.

It was designed to stee! his countrymen in a critical hour when al) hope of victory seemed shattered and Adolf Hitler's ar- mies were coiled for invasion,

Chanel.

Churchill also censidered the speech supremely important be- cause, in his view, it had a pro-

found effect in the United States.

These were the circumstances }leading up to it:

In the early summer of 1940, the German armigs~ collapsed the left wing of the Allied de- fence lines. Presently, at Dun- |kerque, in France, the British found themselves trapped. The only escape route remaining: was by sea.

Evacuation began. Initially, it thought that perhaps 50,000

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In all of Winston Churchill's | mighty speeches during the Sec-|livered the memorable speech ond World War, one blazing |in Parliament. “It was my duty passage most fully personified |to lay the story fully before him and the spirit of Britain at|them,”’ he said later

On June 4, 1940, Churchill de-

He - began by - tracing the course, of the battle that came ‘to a climax, so far as Britain was concerned, at Dunkerque

“The struggle was protracted and fierce,’ he said. “Suddenly the scene has cleared. The crash and thunder has momen- tarily, but only for the moment, |died- away. The miracle of de- liverance .. . is a manifesto to us all.”

But in spite of the huge num- ber of troops snatched from the jaws of the German trap, Churchill said Dunkerque was not a victory. ‘Wars are not won by evacuations,” he said.

LOSSES WERE HEAVY

British losses in weapons and equipment were heavy. Church- j ill candidly set forth the bitter | facts. As for the larger conse- | quences, he said:

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\. ‘We shall defend our island “The whole of the chanel ‘whatever the cost may be; we (Hitler’s) | shall fight on the beaches, the | ‘men, at most, could be rescued, | hands, with all the strategic | landing grounds, in fields, in|

é Jf and in the hilis. We shall ever surrender ~~. - is a story that Church- breathles and panting after long passage, muttered, ‘and, if need be, we shall bash J their heads with bottles, for thi is all we have how.”

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|eonsequences that follow |ploded in the House. The mem- that 1 and we must ai bers of Parliament rose, aS @ other blow to be struck almos{ |™42. Clapping and shouting. No immediately at us or pt] other speech surpassed this one France.” }in power and impact. Utter silence gripped the | House of Commons. i} Churchill then painted a grim | FAMOUS FOR picture of the methods Saat | BRANDED INSPECTED

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