Winston Churchill now in House of Commons, to brief Parliament on British collapse in France; it's only his 4th speech as Prime Minister.
Churchill: "We must be very careful not to assign to this deliverance the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations."
"We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas & oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence & growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be..."
"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields & in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender..."
"Even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated & starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed & guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle." winstonchurchill.org/resources/spee…
British woman Nella Last hears extracts from Churchill's speech on radio: "I forgot I was a middle-aged housewife with backache- I felt somehow undying & worthwhile."
