y 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 | | | was across the narrow English | 14 The Guardian, Charlottetown, Mon., Jan. 25, 1968. One Section In Speech Personified Great Leader sm "ss =": | But, in a brilliant operation, the Associated Press Correspondent (total was 305,000. 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: ports are. im his | growing strength in the air. \. ‘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.” he did say this, it w ill, - in the mighty roar of 7 |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 > . , probably would be used in . the |3- invasion. Nonetheless, he said, |¥ Oooo he believed Britain could defend IZ > the resolve of His Majesty’s |< government, every man of| ment and the nation.” ‘po You GASP FOR THUNDERED AND GROWLED | BREATH, WHEEZE, COUGH? itself. if coop on} ‘At any rate, that is what we (3 Z AK iz BACK are going to try to do. That is |4 them. That is the will of Parlia-/| Finally, in a voice alternately | osibenn: as theonie becashie Sd0p ; | growling and thundering, ae you in misery with difficult breathing— came to the immortal perora- | wheezing, coughing—so It is hard to do tion: | your wérk, to sleep? Do you ‘We shall not flag nor fail, | St uP all night to ial tubes? Then here is | We shall go on to the end. 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