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Churchill’s ‘Their Finest Hour’ Speech ©The Churchill Archive. The disastrous military events which have happened during the past fortnight have not come to me with any sense of surprise.
This was their finest hour" was a speech delivered by Winston Churchill to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom on 18 June 1940, just over a month after he took over as Prime Minister at the head of an all-party coalition government.
Jun 9, 2021 · Language. English. 207 pages : 28 cm. Includes index. The Gathering Storm: -- A hush over all Europe -- Our consciences are at rest -- A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma -- The first ten weeks -- A hideous state of alarm and menace -- Hitler's sudden overrunning of the vast region of Norway -- Alone: -- Blood, toil, tears and sweat ...
The day after France fell to the Germans, Churchill made perhaps his finest speech of this period – commonly known now by its most famous phrase, ‘This was their Finest Hour’ – which was delivered to the House of Commons on 18 June and broadcast by the BBC to the nation later that evening.
Jun 17, 2015 · On the 18th June 1940 Winston Churchill, Prime Minister for little more than a month, roused the people of the United Kingdom against the imminent threat of invasion. “This was their finest...
Jun 18, 2010 · Seventy years ago, on June 18, 1940, Winston Churchill, barely six weeks in office as Britain’s prime minister and confronted with the threat of invasion from Nazi-occupied France, rose in the...
May 31, 2024 · 1940: Winston Churchill Broadcast - Finest Hour Speech. In one of his most famous broadcasts to the nation, Prime Minister Winston Churchill outlines the seriousness of the situation after...
