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" 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.
Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, “This was their finest hour.” For more on Churchill the War Leader, visit this section.
Jun 18, 2014 · Winston Churchill: Authorized Recordings of His Actual Speeches - Part I. Since no one has uploaded the full Finest Hour speech, here is the entire 30 minute long speech. Well worth a...
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Winston Churchill's Finest Hour speech, June 18, 1940, delivered at London, UK, to the House of Commons, full text transcript, audio
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.
On 18 June 1940, Winston Churchill delivers his famous speech, 'This was their Finest Hour' to the House of Commons.
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June 18, 1940. Churchill gave many speeches for which he became famous, but his ‘Finest Hour’ speech stands alone as one of his most memorable and inspiring. Several weeks prior, the French and British had been evacuated from the coast of France at Dunkirk.
