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"Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat"

The Dire Warning: Churchill's First Speech as Prime Minister


On May 13, 1940, Winston Churchill stood before the House of Commons to deliver his first speech as Prime Minister. Europe was in crisis: Three days earlier, Germany had invaded France and the Low Countries. Facing only feeble resistance, Hilter's armies were rapidly sweeping westward. Churchill made no promises to his country in his speech, because he knew he had none to make. And yet he rallied England onward in the face of a vicious enemy. For Chuchill-and Churcill alone-understood what was a stake: the fate not only of nations, but of civilization itself.

2 Hours, 55 minutes