Churchill's 'Fight Them On The Beaches' Speech June 1940

07/11/17 • 21 min

Expecting to report to the House of Commons a terrible military disaster, Winston Churchill on June 4th 1940, gave the most important speech of his career and the most famous speech of the 20th Century.

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