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    "We shall fight on the beaches" was a speech delivered by the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the...
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  • This was their finest hour (category 1940 in the United Kingdom)
    May and the "We shall fight on the beaches" speech of 4 June. "This was their finest hour" was made after France had sought an armistice on the evening...
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  • Churchill: "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;...
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    The BEF lost 68,000 soldiers during the French campaign and had to abandon nearly all of its tanks, vehicles, and equipment. In his "We shall fight on...
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  • address, "We shall fight on the beaches": "We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with...
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    Jacob F. Field (category Alumni of the University of Oxford)
    London, 2012. We Shall Fight on the Beaches: The Speeches That Inspired History. Michael O'Mara Books, London, 2013. D-Day in Numbers: The facts behind...
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  • "Opus Dei". "The Great Seal" is the national anthem of the NSK State, the lyrics taken from Churchill's "We shall fight on the beaches" speech. A new...
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  • Little Ships of Dunkirk (category 1940 in the United Kingdom)
    shall fight on the beaches" speech: We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing...
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    the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in...
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  • "Never Surrender", by Stan Bush "We shall never surrender", a quotation from Winston Churchill's We shall fight on the beaches speech No Surrender (disambiguation)...
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    Britain Day, on 15 September. The speech has become one of Churchill's most famous, along with "we shall fight on the beaches", "their finest hour", and...
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  • the Old Testament. Toronto: U of Toronto P. pp. 229–52. ISBN 9780802098542. "A Rhetorical analysis of Winston Churchill's speech: We Shall Fight on the...
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    Blood, toil, tears and sweat (category 1940 in the United Kingdom)
    tears and sweat." was to adorn the new 5-pound note. It was issued in September 2016. "We shall fight on the beaches" "Never was so much owed by so many...
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  • comes from the Greek phrase "carrying up or back". "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and...
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  • Seal", a song on their 1987 album Opus Dei. Like "The Great Seal", the words are based on Winston Churchill's "We shall fight on the beaches" speech. "Germania"...
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    the air. We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in...
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  • to the address. Finishing his speech, Churchill proclaims "we shall fight on the beaches" should the Germans invade, to resounding support from the Opposition...
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  • answered by the questioner: "You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory!" (Winston Churchill, We shall fight on the beaches) Questions...
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    defeat" "Blood, toil, tears and sweat" "Be ye men of valour" "We shall fight on the beaches" "This was their finest hour" "Never was so much owed by so...
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    parts of Churchill's famous speech "We shall fight on the beaches" in live versions of the song "Aces High" from the 1984 album Powerslave. Supertramp included...
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    the air. We shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in...
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  • Without you (speech) (category Ukrainian responses to the Russian invasion of Ukraine)
    Moldova was without power. The blackout prompted Moldovans to join the "without you" flash mob. We shall fight on the beaches Gettysburg Address Appeal...
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  • predicate. If the same words are repeated in each clause, it is also an example of anaphora. "We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds...
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    (June 4, 1940). "We Shall Fight on the Beaches". winstonchurchill.org. Retrieved July 25, 2017. Richard W. Steele, Free Speech in the Good War (St. Martin's...
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  • Live After Death (category Albums recorded at the Hammersmith Apollo)
    be, 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;...
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  • Aces High (song) (category Songs about the military)
    Churchill's "We shall fight on the beaches" speech with the sound of planes in the background. Churchill's speech was also included at the beginning of the song's...
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    Battle of Dunkirk (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
    of Dunkirk Churchill: We shall fight on the beaches - UK Parliament Living Heritage Dunkirk, Operation Dynamo – A post-blog of the Battle of Britain 1940...
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    Churchill in the first of three inspirational radio addresses during the opening months of World War II. 1940: We Shall Fight on the Beaches, from the second...
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    from the original on 9 January 2009. Winston Churchill, Speech to the House of Commons Delivered on June 4 1940 ("We shall fight on the beaches . . .")...
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    Leonard Jerome (category People from the Bronx)
    Brooklyn, New York, and the maternal grandfather of Winston Churchill. Leonard Jerome was born in Pompey in Onondaga County, New York, on November 3, 1817....
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