Winston Churchill delivered this speech to Parliament 80 years ago today. It is, of course, remembered for one stirring passage
("We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender . . .").
But read the entire speech. See how literate it is. See how honest it is ("We must be very careful not to assign to this deliverance [ed. the withdrawal of troops from Dunkirk] the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations."
